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From the North West of Northern Ireland -local news, sport, weather, speech and music

The North West of Northern Ireland's station for local news, live sport, weather, intelligent speech, great personalities and music to suit all tastes

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Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news.

Audrey Carville and guests debate the week's religious and ethical news and explore the world of culture and ideas.

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Sunday Sequence: What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human?

BBC Radio Ulster - Sunday Sequence, What does it mean to be human?

What does it mean to be human? Unwrapping a bundle of complexity and contradictions.

What does it mean to be human? It's a simple question- 7 words... but it unwraps the bundle of complexity, contradictions and mysteries that is a human life.

What does it mean to be Human?
It's a simple question- 7 words...
But it unwraps the bundle of complexity, contradictions and mysteries that is a human life.
Priests, poets, philosophers, politicians, scientists, artists- they've all sought to answer this ultimate puzzle...but has anyone ever been able to fully capture the vastness of the human experience?
The electric surge we feel when we kiss a lover, the deep stirring of the soul when we hear Mozart's Requiem, the joy of laughing uncontrollably with friends as we share a joke.
What does it mean to be human is the question at the centre of Ireland's Science Week, this week..
Sunday Sequence explores whether developments in Artificial Intelligence will challenge any idea of what it does mean to be human.
Presenter Audrey Carville in conversation with Dr Ruth Freeman of Science Foundation Ireland, theologian Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick and the academic Dr Leon Litvack.


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