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Author Topic:   Have we halted our own Evolution?
generaljoe
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Message 38 of 79 (298463)
03-26-2006 10:55 PM


humans will never evolve. Unless we evolve within the next 1000 years, i believe we will see genetic engineering and/or mechanical hybrids.
As far as evolution only our brains will need to increase in volume which will most likely be offset by the use of computer memory or power to hold our intelligence.
I say this because there is a limit to how much glycogen can be absored by a human to feed the brain, let alone a super massive one. Let alone the implications of a women having hips large enough to carry the foetus with the brain.
Also, computers and electronic seem to be only thing small enough and power-less (energy wise) enough to be able to hold our intelligence, memory etc.
In medicine we could make ourselves immortal, yet the implications of that is that the human brain has only a finite amount of memory (try remembering what you had for breakfast on 30th may 1994). So computer memory will be the only thing to keep us 'sane'.
Anyways, i understand my theory is based on a anarchist universe where i assume no laws will exist to place limits on humans.

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generaljoe
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Message 40 of 79 (298475)
03-26-2006 11:22 PM
Reply to: Message 39 by crashfrog
03-26-2006 11:13 PM


true,yet evolution is moving fast enough for any true noticible difference, for say, the next 200 years when will no longer need strong immunities to something like malaria.
We are all subject to sexual selection, but do you think that in the ever increasingly competitive world that the gentically 'ugly' will be weeded out? perhaps in the future (speculation of course), we will see people bred to be beutiful and physically fit

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generaljoe
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Message 42 of 79 (298492)
03-27-2006 12:09 AM
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03-27-2006 12:04 AM


what do you mean 'we' are you talking about my family or yours? jk. does this mean that black women are more sexual than white, with the notion black people inherited larger police batons? jk

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