{"id":1371,"date":"2010-11-28T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T05:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"From the earliest record of homo sapiens (\u201cthinking human\u201d), men and women have sought an answer to core questions: What does it mean to be? Why are we different from animals? What does it mean to be made in the \"image of God\"?\r\n\r\nThe 2008 World Science "},"modified":"2010-11-28T23:36:13","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T05:36:13","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-be-human","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstonef10\/spotlight-schedule\/how-do-i-know-who-i-am\/what-does-it-mean-to-be-human\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean to be Human?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the earliest record of homo sapiens (\u201cthinking human\u201d), men and women have sought an answer to core questions: What does it mean to be? Why are we different from animals? What does it mean to be made in the “image of God”?<\/p>\n

The 2008 World Science Festival in New York brought together eminent thinkers to grapple with these question, including a sociologist, physicist, anthropologist, biologist, artificial intelligence pioneer, geneticist, and neuroscientist. This is a great example of the idea of Cornerstone–bringing together different disciplines to examine the many viewpoints of an issue.<\/p>\n

Read the synopsis of their conversation or watch the event on video.<\/p>\n