Are Man-Made Things Natural?
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"How arrogant, really" I think that arrogance is found in varying degrees all across human nature and there is little way that such a thing can be changed. Arrogance (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors) is something that almost all of us possess. If I am British and proud of it, then I may display a small amount of unintentional arrogance to other countries - mostly without meaning to; it is human nature. The same applies if I play for a football team, if I do well on a test, etc. I think I can happily say that I am not the most arrogant of people, I can think of loads of people who are, but I do not consider myself to be one of them. This does not, of course, mean I am the kind of person who is ridiculously big-headed. I think it is human nature. Therefore I think that placing yourself above other organisms to use the term man-made more efficiently is not a bad thing. Side: No
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If I am British and proud of it, then I may display a small amount of unintentional arrogance to other countries - mostly without meaning to; it is human nature. If I am British and proud of it, then I may display intentional arrogance to other countries - mostly without meaning to; it is human nature. There, fixed. Side: Yes
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Yes. Warlin put it a good way; calling something man-made is simply a more accurate description of its origin. An anthill is ant-made, a beaver dam is beaver-made, a bridge is man-made, and so on, but in none of these cases is the thing being made unnatural. So all man-made things are natural but not all natural things are man-made. On a side note, Warlin put it a good way on a debate almost just like this that I made not even a 3 days ago. A debate you participated in. I understand bringing up an old issue if the preexisting debate is long-dead or whatever, but why did you make a new debate to discuss the exact thing we were discussing on my debate a couple days ago? http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/ Is it because you can't ban people on my debates? Side: Yes
I would say that yes, most things man made are natural. Where I would find a grey area is when man creates something that doesn't naturally occur in the wild, i.e. certain atomic elements which either never occur naturally, or they don't ever stay I that state for more than a split second in a transition. But otherwise, I think man made is also natural. Side: Yes
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Man-made things are things that are not natural. The definition I have found for this is: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially I am not saying that humans are not natural; why would you try to say that? What I am saying is that things made by humans are not natural - they would not exist in nature. Side: No
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