Being Human Being

[References are provided since you may need some background to get this post.]



Your being as a human being is under question when you are in an arbitrary room communicating with the outside world using only a typewriter machine (1).




Your "understanding" is under question when you (a non-Chinese) are in a Chinese room (2).




An elephant's being an elephant is under question when it is being touched in Rumi's dark room (3).



(1) Turing Test
(2) Chinese room
(3) Elephant in the room