Gabriella Gallaga 2300.1 What is Human Bladerunner

In Bladerunner the movie encourages the viewers to battle out the idea of what defines a human. Personally I feel that not much can be argued about what defines a human past its own name-home sapiens. The word sapien comes from the Greek meaning "wise man", as a human being is the only creature aware of its existence. Rachael would make the best case study when it comes to the question if the robots in the film were self aware. She worries about her possible demise and the possibility (then certainty) of her being artificial made. But she does not fit all what defines a human. A human isn't made up only by it ability to be self aware. Part of where the name homo sapians come from is from the previous ancestor. It could be argued that the ancestor to the robot is the human. But robots cant organically create other robots, have variation of genes, or have adaptation. Which is why despite the robot eventually developing emotions similar to the humans, it still doesn't fit the human category.