Human

Ah, where shall I begin?

Well, I've been thinking recently about what humans are and what makes us special, but I haven't really done much... This is kind of a continuation of my entry on consciousness, since I do find that topic to really be the center of all philosophy and such. So I guess I'll write about what it means to be human. That sounds really cheesy, by the way.
Why not kick it off with an allusion?
This is a song called "Human" by a band called Civil Twilight. You should listen to it and all, but here are some of the lyrics:

It's only love; it's only pain
It's only fear that runs through my veins
It's all the things you can't explain
That make us human

I am just an image of
something so much greater
I am just a picture frame
I am not the painter

Where can I begin?
Can I shed this skin?
What is this I feel?
...

If you didn't get much of that, they basically say that the meaning of being human is feeling emotions and (please don't kill me if I misinterpreted this, but I'm pretty sure what it means) being religious. I am religious, but religions aside for now, let's analyze this whole thing:
I believe that humans have a feeling of consciousness that is not detectable in any of the common five senses (or the little known/cared about others such as hunger, pee, ... (not esp, don't get excited)), but in a way, people are aware of their own existence. Self awareness, it is. So in reality, nothing is sure, nothing can be proven, but one's own existence.

So anyway, being serious now, some people might say that the human mind acts according to the laws of physics, and everything is an intense chemical reaction, and consciousness is an illusion. I say differently because of the idea of technological development. The second law of thermodynamics states that things become less complex, but people and their technology do the opposite. Of course, there's this whole argument over a closed system and what that is and how people are becoming complex, but I support this belief:

A mechanical mind such as a robot cannot evolve. Why? Because it's not programmed to. Why? because it doesn't know how to invent things and think outside of the box. Why? Because it is perfectly logical, and it has no perception of being wrong. If it could behave irrationally and be wrong like the people, it could evolve.

So that means that consciousness leads to irrational behavior, which leads to discovery, development, and invention. So in a way, logic is a restriction that computers can never rise above, and irrationality is a virtue.

So like Civil Twilight said, emotions make people human. And of course, emotions are quite irrational. So there you have it, folks. Maybe if I have time/feel motivated enough I'll get into the religious side of it later.