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trainspotter said:
Totally could be Jabba the Hut if I had Carrie Fisher as my personal slave on a chain.
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And I have became completely devoid of intellectual thought after seeing your picture. Do you think our legs will start fusing together into a fat slimy tail as an evolutionary response to generations of uber-obesity sitting on our butts, commanding our slave girls?
 
overit said:
There seems to be an inverse relationship between technology advancing and the human species advancing! Our heavy reliance on technology worries me!
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From a bit earlier than 1990 hey. ;)
 

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Tysonboss1 said:
I think the human race is going to go backwards.

When it comes to humans it is no longer survival of the fittest, We let people born with all sorts of genetic problems live and breed, where in the past these "weaker" gene holders would have died and not bred.

Babies born with all sorts of genetic faults like holes in their hearts, Guts on the outside of skin, digestive system not linked to anus, one leg shorter than the other, etc etc.

These people get treated and live normal lives now, which is great. How ever the natural process of survival of the fittest no longer lets these weaker genes die out.

There are a lot of people out there breeding who if they were dogs the breeders association would not allow to breed.

in 100 generations, the human race will be full of genetic problems
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Great post, however I'm not sure that I agree with you that the Human Race is going backwards. The reason why it's no longer survival of the fittest is because it doesn't have to to be. The only thing that would knock us back into 'Survival of the Fittest' would be a catastrophic event. Until then the Smarter ones will continue providing life,support and a breeding ground to those 'lesser' ones. (Don't mean to sound rude)
 
johnnyg said:
Great post, however I'm not sure that I agree with you that the Human Race is going backwards. The reason why it's no longer survival of the fittest is because it doesn't have to to be. The only thing that would knock us back into 'Survival of the Fittest' would be a catastrophic event. Until then the Smarter ones will continue providing life,support and a breeding ground to those 'lesser' ones. (Don't mean to sound rude)
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Trouble is, the smarter ones are becoming less common as a percentage of the population due to the high breeding rates of the dumber ones. Average ability is presumably declining as a result.

Something I've been thinking about a lot recently is that we've become a society where real knowledge or real ability in any field is virtually ridiculed whilst decisions are made by those of far lesser merit.

That's a massive change from the circumstances that lead to technological and societal advancement in the past and will quite likely end up seeing us slide backward. We're in a world where those who can't, or at least won't, dictate the terms to those who can and do. Commonsense says that's not going to work for too long...
 
Nyden said:
I understood it quite well. It really is fact what he stated, not opinion.

The onus is on you to try to learn what's being explained Sam, as there's already enough dumbing down in the media. We don't need it here as well
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It really is fact. Hahaha. OK.

Oh, sorry for being a dumbass and questioning you elite people. my bad. You must have evolved just that little bit further than me.

All the best mate :)
 
Our latest generations will probably live shorter lives.

‘Recreational’ drug abuse will be another time bomb.

Not to mention that we run out of antibiotics and more and more people are not responding to the last resort antibiotic Vancomycine.
(Which in other words means WE WILL BE ON OUR OWN, there will be no possible external medicinal help)

Some kind of pandemic will get large number of our race sooner or later.
 
Happy said:
Our latest generations will probably live shorter lives.

‘Recreational’ drug abuse will be another time bomb.

Not to mention that we run out of antibiotics and more and more people are not responding to the last resort antibiotic Vancomycine.
(Which in other words means WE WILL BE ON OUR OWN, there will be no possible external medicinal help)

Some kind of pandemic will get large number of our race sooner or later.
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Sadly agreed. Antibiotics have been abused to the point of making them increasingly usless - probably the greatest tragedy to unfold in our lifetimes when the long term consequences are considered.
 
There are two possibilities.

We will either develop the technologies to harness new energy sources and colonise other worlds or we will suffer a mass extinction which will bring our population back to the sustainable resources of our environment (like every other species that has reached plague proportions).
 
johnnyg said:
The only thing that would knock us back into 'Survival of the Fittest' would be a catastrophic event.
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Or a removal of the financial social security system. Then you would see a real ugly situation until things got sorted out.
 
drsmith said:
There are two possibilities.

We will either develop the technologies to harness new energy sources and colonise other worlds or we will suffer a mass extinction which will bring our population back to the sustainable resources of our environment (like every other species that has reached plague proportions).
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The technologies could allow us to increase the population here greatly too with megacities of hundreds of millions. Once we solve the food, water and polution issues. But maybe not before we are wiped out, or wipe ourselves out by war.

Personally, I'm hoping for the Jabba-the-Hut scenario.
 
I can't remember where I read this idea...
but the supposition goes like

"imagine we are the most intelligent beings in the universe"

then we are the greatest voice ever heard...we are the beginning of somthing
...humbling prideful and embarrassing at the same time

we certainly seem to lack in sophistication...but I keep going back to the 80/20 rule...and surely media caters to the 80

had a few wines...but at heart still cautionally optimistic....I still look at obama and forget the rhetoric but the most powerful man in the world and he's black and wants to come across as reasonable....nice

maybe we will all be coffee colored people:)
 
kgee said:
maybe we will all be coffee colored people:)
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You will only need skin pigment adjustment if nature alters from this current phase of life creating circumstances. I.e. we move closer to the sun. If the alteration is gradual (tens of thousands of years) then the evolutionary process will change us. If the alteration is more rapid (hundreds of years) then all pinkies will need to remain indoors and use appropriate sunblock, hat and be fully clothed when venturing outside.
 
yeah i like long term views...
so basically peolpe who can't afford suncreen are black and the rich are white...sounds about right:)
 
johnnyg said:
Great post, however I'm not sure that I agree with you that the Human Race is going backwards. The reason why it's no longer survival of the fittest is because it doesn't have to to be. The only thing that would knock us back into 'Survival of the Fittest' would be a catastrophic event. Until then the Smarter ones will continue providing life,support and a breeding ground to those 'lesser' ones. (Don't mean to sound rude)
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Our view on breeding may change if we live longer. There will likely also be genetic engineering and bio enhancements, and more efficient ways of keeping us healthy. I doubt our health will be an issue in the future.
 

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