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If we are all unique, then are not we all the same?
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At least one person shares your same trait, habit or personality. No one's unique, well not DNA wise....

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Hmm I do remember The Incredibles having a similar theme. We are all human, we live, we die, difference is a matter of personal distinction. For example, I rank uniqueness in quality of persona. I.E an odd perspective or limited number of fingers.

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(11-01-2011 11:21 AM)Derchin Wrote:  At least one person shares your same trait, habit or personality. No one's unique, well not DNA wise....
Then there would be a lot of clones?...

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(11-01-2011 11:30 AM)Lunatic Wrote:  
(11-01-2011 11:21 AM)Derchin Wrote:  At least one person shares your same trait, habit or personality. No one's unique, well not DNA wise....
Then there would be a lot of clones?...

Yeah, but not genetically.

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*head explodes*
You just said that no one's unique genetically.
Then I said if that was the case there would be people with the same DNA and shit and therefore they'd be clones.
Then "yeah, but not genetically", you just said "no one's unique genetically"
wat

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(11-01-2011 11:44 AM)Lunatic Wrote:  *head explodes*
You just said that no one's unique genetically.
Then I said if that was the case there would be people with the same DNA and shit and therefore they'd be clones.
Then "yeah, but not genetically", you just said "no one's unique genetically"
wat

I was going with what you said and you confused me-

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so there are clones but they aren't clones genetically
or do you just agree with me or something?
I think DNA always combines shit from parents so everyone has unique DNA.
Quote:If we are all unique, then are not we all the same?
So if 2+2=4 then 2+2=245252355436346?
We're not THE SAME, obviously there's differences and shit, but it'd be cool if people would just be more accepting of each other and there would be peace and love and shit. And we're all human and can have sex with one another and have children and shit. In that we're the same. And our DNA is mostly, like 99% the same or something.

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(11-01-2011 11:48 AM)Lunatic Wrote:  so there are clones but they aren't clones genetically
or do you just agree with me or something?
I think DNA always combines shit from parents so everyone has unique DNA.

I don't think they be clones at all, just... horrifyingly similar.....

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huh

who?

meh.

People for acting the same or something, everyone is the same and different from you? Is that what you mean?

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*Head Bursts into Flames."

I think I didn't make the question quite clear enough. I meant as a person/characterstic-wise, not DNA, as that is too literal for me. Wonderful discussion so far though. Scratchchin

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(11-01-2011 11:21 AM)Derchin Wrote:  At least one person shares your same trait, habit or personality. No one's unique, well not DNA wise....

Sums it up.
Most times unique is an oxymoron.. Sort of like truth in our society.

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Okay, okay, I was trying to say that no one is unique physically or mentally because at least one person on the planet is sharing the same thing. We're only unique genetically. But then you couldn't say that because we're all the same because we're all unique.

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(11-01-2011 11:57 AM)Derchin Wrote:  Okay, okay, I was trying to say that no one is unique physically or mentally because at least one person on the plant is sharing the same thing. We're only unique genetically. But then you couldn't say that because we're all the same because we're all unique.

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You guys are over thinking.

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(11-01-2011 06:33 PM)Efs Wrote:  You guys are over thinking.

No, underthinking Laugh

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We are unique in the sense that the combinations of all the different physical and personality traits ensure that no two people are exactly alike.

But many of us still have a lot of things in common.

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