What could be the Ultimate point in the Evolution Continuum?

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Rishy Richposted 14 years ago
I have always wondered what would be the ultimate point in the evolution continuum? Will that ultimate species be eating foods just like us? or will it be absorbing energy directly from an energy source like Sun Or will it be able to create self sustaining energy for itself? Will it find a way to expand its life span for extremely long period of time like the immortals (either through evolution or genetical engineering) or will it live a normal life like us? Will it be able to create artificial advanced life forms by means of science or ultimate knowledge? Will it be able to acquire the qualities & ethics that we mark today as perfect state or the qualities of God?

As per my view, I think the ultimate species will take a sit much closer to what we call God today. What are ur views? Dont forget that it may take unlimited time to reach this ultimate point...
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I think we are already godlike. we are just don't know it yet.
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  Twenty One Daysposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  RR,
  
  Since evolution is outward versus revolution -cyclical or circular, measured by spans of time/place, then the ultimate would be simplicity. The finest point A, expanding to capacity, then deflating to finest point B.
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  M Mcposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  if we ever reach that point, given our colective self distructive bent, i believe we would probably recognize what we found, as surely we are now, as a species very close to perfection in that our faults are surely our own reasons for being. by that i mean for instance; without the need to find sustinance etc what would we do with our time? i believe we already have within all of us the potential for whatever definition of perfection one might imagine. to live, to learn, to enjoy.
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  Evan G Rogersposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  there is no continuum. There is no point.
  
  we're just things that are following the laws of physics.
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  Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Reckon ... the name counts.
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  qwarkposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Rishy:
  I've written an entire "hub" on the subject of your question.
  if you'd like to read it, here it is:
  http://hubpages.com/hub/Qwark3
  Qwark
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  Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Existence ... Is ... Being !
  
  There is no Evolution Preceding any Evolution ... just the "sense" of a past.
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  Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Humans are the Zenith of Creation ... in every sense of the term.
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  Mark Knowlesposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I surely hope we are not as good as it gets.
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kephriraposted 14 years ago
All existence is ultimately futile.
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I can c dat clearly...
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  kephriraposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  The only way for their to be an 'ultimate point' to evolution would be if all change in the Universe ceased and nothing ever happened again. Even small environmental changes will have an evolutionary effect. Every organism must ultimately evolve or die. The existence of any specific organism is, over time, ultimately futile
  
  The whole idea of an ultimate point in evolution can only refer to some pseudo-religions idea of a purposeful evolution in which things keep improving until they reach some perfect state. If you are talking about actual evolution, as described by science, then all existence is ultimately futile.
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Can u explain in which pseudo-religion we have the idea of an ultimate point in evolution?
  
  Also, what do u mean by actual evolution?
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  kephriraposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I meant pseudo-religious, sorry, and by definition the pseudo bit means 'not an actual' religion. What I meant was that Darwinian evolution as it is described in science (the 'actual evolution') is not moving towards an end point. Various philsophers have put forwards alternative ideas of evolution, inspired by their religious beliefs, in which the world has some kind of purpose and evolution always leads to things getting objectively 'better', but there is no evidence of that.
  
  I was being tongue in cheek with the whole 'existence is futile' bit, but no organism can remain static in a changing environment, so there can be no ultimate end point.
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I c ur point. thank u
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Well someones being quite the negative nancy!
  
  I'm most inclined to believe in the Einsteinian belief of pure energy becoming the most highest form of life. Who knows, maybe those plasma clouds really do have feelings?
  
  Or perhaps it would be like the "Q Continuum" type of deal.
  
  In the near future, though, expect to see medical research continue to flourish as well as the study and applications of cybernetics and nanotechnology.
  
  Soon enough, given 25 to 50 years time the consumer demand for these products will have hit such a fast track that cybernetic enhancements and retrovirus-based bodymods will be so common I suspect it may spark some weird racial tension.
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ademareeposted 14 years ago
According to the scholar Fukuyama, mankind's history ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in the 80's. I think that as humans, are evolution is static. the next evolution will be manmade, through either genetic manipulation or technology based implants. Bluetooth headsets now sit in the ear like hearing aids. how long before both of these devices are inserted into the head. how long until mankind is capable of accessing the internet using only their minds. The other option I foresee for evolution would be extended space travel. Time in space and breeding off planet would force human beings to evolve.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  hmm...what about autism and its sudden rise. Don't you think that is transition to something else. we are evolving at the same rate, even faster. actual studies, published in discover magazine.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Who's that scholar Fukuyama ? Very short minded ! I think History is a continuum. 300 years from know, what we're living today will be in history books. History will cease the day we cease to exist.
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Greek Oneposted 14 years ago
In answer to your question....

Me

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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Ok, so u mean its cyclical, ryt? After certain stage, we again turn into monkeys?
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  although that is plausible
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Plausible but dissapointing I mean, Who wants to turn into a monkey?
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  No one will turn into a monkey. Evolution goes forward. Always.
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Not necessarily. Aren't whale flippers devolved hands? Seems like I heard they were once land animals that returned to the sea.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  That doesn't mean they didn't evolve. Or do you think that sea animals are less intelligent ?
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  You are correct, just as ants are land dwelling wasps.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  If ants didn't improve from being wasps , then they involved instead of evolving.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  In few words
  
  Evolution: a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state : growth (2) :
  
  Merriam Webster.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  if the adaptation calls for cutting back on resources to survive, it will devolve the species.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Well, I think they were a reaction to circumstances. Ants have evolved a number of species, and generally the queen retains wings. Although they're often later removed by the queen or her worker drones.
  
  It's also interesting to note some ants reproduce asexually or through cloning...which brings up the question, why did sexual evolution take over anyway?
  
  Of course, if we didn't have it I suppose our mating rituals would be either much more messy or nonexistent. And that would just be boring.
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Many animals are asexual - an amoeba for instance is, and very successfully, too. Is it possible that sexual reporduction resulted in quicker evolution and the ability to rapidly fill more ecological niches? Amoeba's have filled the same niche for generations while the descendents of early sexual mammals have diversified, to say the least.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  That's my theory, but it does bring on a struggle between the sexes of sorts--the Y chromosome exists in a 1:3 ratio with that of the X. It's all such a maddening, finely tuned dance on a genetic level.
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  No - they just picked a different environment to live in. Animals evolve to survive in their environment, not to be "improved" in some undefined way.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Surviving in their environment is improving LOL
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I think we're all just splitting hairs, then. And if we're going to do that, it may as well be for a rabbit stew.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  People that survive to this environment are the ones who will be apt to procreate other humans, who will live without problems in it. That's evolution. And it stops when we are no more able to cope with the environment.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  we are no more...
  
  we evolved from reptiles...so you can say we are still those snakes but we evolved which makes us something else. Something is evolving from us that's for sure. but will it still be us or will we die out?
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  But we're still evolving. Compare someone from the 19 century, with anybody now. Physically and mentally we have evolved to survive in this environment. Even food habits have changed.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  yeah, but when we evolve so much would that still be us?
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Why not ? If we still have a human body and mind, it still be us.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  so, we are neanderthals, birds, snakes, fish and zygotes?
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Like I suggested earlier, I think we'll find the human species successfully diverge in numerous ways through self driven means such as genetics.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  We are what we are now. And what you state are only theories.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  have you studied the human brain, i have. it's a zoo in there.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I agree, there's little doubt we can easily see the reptilian brain we evolved from. Not to mention we have lungs INSIDE the body, or have lungs at all. And eyes. And, you know, limbs and stuff.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  LOL. Too much discovery channel and youtube.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  we evolved from self-organizing PUFA chains...is that still us? all life gathers and organizes first as communities and they become one organism.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  protein organizing into complex functions...yes
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  That human brains don't differ much with animal brains doesn't mean we come from there. Animal and human brain tissue are similar, but what it achieves is totally different.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  that my dear is a fallacy.
  
  altruism has been observed in bonobos. the only difference is speech...broca's brain and wernick's area. recent additions to the monkey machine.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Are you suggesting parallel evolution is a dominant strategy in nature? That when the first eye was created, it was amongst other species that gave birth to a similar evolution at the same time?
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  i think she is not suggesting that but snakes are still there and we have a snake inside our heads.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I'm not suggesting anything. Read again.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I understand your conclusions, but the empirical evidence that you suggest that it's only because the "tissue" is similar in other animals it doesn't mean they come from the same place. Unfortunately, there's really no evidence that supports this that I can come to mind with.
  
  However, when you remember the concept of "stem cells" and how everything is generally just a bunch of DNA until conception/reproduction, then the idea of slowly evolving over time is much more logical than the latter.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I never said we come from the same place.
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  You're mysterious. If you would like to spell out your own theories, I would be much obliged. I'm sure no one will attack.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  so you believe in everything
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I find balancing skepticism with an open mind to be most fun. I do believe in evidence I see myself, but I won't deny having a spiritual streak.
  
  But that makes me sound like a hokey new ager.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  spirit is the language of the consciousness
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I can't disagree, though am also aware of the scientific possibility it's baked into our brains. Either way, I've experienced enough interesting times to be curious.
  
  Proteins, atoms, molecules, minerals, micro-organisms...the dance of life is complex, vast, and eloquent. But I can understand others questioning evolution, and it's for sure a fun little imagination exercise. The very fact all of the information kept in two intertwined crystaline structures that is not noticeable to the naked eye is plain fascinating. Knowing that they only good for so many proteins, gives us the ability to know just how simple yet complex things can be.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  at this point i will start talking about Fractals so I will stop myself short and go pick up my daughter from school
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I'm not worried about the attacks. But it's too long to explain in a post. And besides I really don't have the time. I'm late already, engaged in this very interesting debate. I'm sorry but I must leave. Maybe another time.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  i think she has a different interest.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  and what would that be ?
  Maybe you're so evolved that you can read my thoughts ?
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  other than explaining your theory, is that wrong to ask him not to pressure you?
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I can stand any pressure. This is only a forum lol
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  my dear you have no idea
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  LOL I think I have. And I'm not impressed
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  no one is trying to impress you my dear.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  It was a joke. Maybe you evolved to a plane without sense of humour ! LOL
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  humour is about the unexpected. i find most things predictable.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Then you should have replied according to your predictability, which is very predictable LOL
  And I'm off. Enough for 2day !
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  i did
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  I've no problem understanding evolution, I know it quite well, thank you.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  LOL! You're funny !
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Again, not necessarily. Both of the examples of whales and ants "chose" to survive in a different environment from what they had in the past. Wasps are still there, flying around - to say ants are "improved" because they moved into the ground is comparing apples and oranges. Different, yes. Improved, no.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  chose another environment to improve. If not, it's called involution.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  in terms of adaptation for survival. not in terms how smart.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Adaptation to survival means intelligence. Conscious or unconscious. Intelligence it is.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  yes, "improve" in terms of survival but not necessarily in terms of complexity.
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  Greek Oneposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  
  well, thanks at least for not comparring me to an amoeba
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Yeah, as if thats gonna make u look smart
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  lxxyposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Just look at that hair style and clothing, not to mention the slightly off technicolor.
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  just missing a cow boy hat & a cigar
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  Greek Oneposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  i will spare you during the revolution
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  It happened before. The Boskops had a very large brain, they had a religion they buried this very important member of the tribe facing the sun. They looked like children with larger heads. But evolution didn't favor them. They died out.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  some are saying they are humans with very big brains, but then, why did it shrink? better childbirth? I don't know. evolution isn't linear.
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  M Mcposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  sorry imlate, however i must say, here,here! lol
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lxxyposted 14 years ago
We must remember that evolution is the process of adaption to the environment, like a long term survival strategy for a species.

Unless of course no one blood line figures out how to avoid certain problems, then the strategies just weren't long term enough. Or too much happened at once.
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  M Mcposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  ooooh! controversial much?
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watchyaposted 14 years ago
Evolution always means improvement
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  How do you define "improvement" except whatever results in long term species survival?
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wildernessposted 14 years ago
We may be close already. How long will it be until we are willing and able to modify our genetics to fit into nearly any environment we want to? Survive on Mars, or underwater, or as arboreal creatures.

Should that happen, natural evolution will stop and what remains will be controlled by ourselves, resulting in a new species of man any time a new environment is acquired. Around Betelgeuse, maybe. Or perhaps a space-dwelling creature living off sunlight or gravity waves or the free hydrogen atoms out there (fusion reactor in our belly?).
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  kephriraposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Natural evolution will never stop. Even if you elimate all deaths from disease entirely, which is unlikely as virus and bacteria themselves also evolve, you would still have sexual selection, you would still have people who are attracted to risky pursuits dying off more quickly and having fewer children than people who aren't, you would still have some types of people simply wanting more children than other types of people, all of which would cause further evolution.
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  The closer a species will move to perfection the lesser will be the difference among its members in terms of choice, taste & knowledge. The sexual selection u r pointing at works for homo sapience well but may not work for a highly advanced species
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  we evolved due to our mating rituals...true. very very strong motivation for adaptation is sexual viability.
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  wildernessposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Good point - seems like have read theories that Japanese people are breeding a smaller race as a result of population density while Americans are doing the opposite. Changing environment results in a different sexual attraction.
  
  Makes sense - the tall, dark and handsome American is replaced by the small, dark and handsome Japanese - he doesn't take up as much room in the smaller apartment dictated by large numbers of people.
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  M Mcposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  late again, sorry, but is that histoty repeating agin or what? surely if time were relative, couldnt that just br the definition of infinity?
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Pearldiverposted 14 years ago
Given the number who do not believe in evolution... we probably won't mutate much at all.. if we wait for them to understand what the ultimate outcomes could be evolution-wise
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  Rishy Richposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Not bad, u should write it down & who knws u may win a nobel prize for this
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ceciliabeltranposted 14 years ago
we are walking zoos it seems
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ceciliabeltranposted 14 years ago
we are made of cells that look like eukaryotes. our fetuses have gills, our limbic system is like that of a snake, and then a bird, then a mammal/dog then there's the new cortex which we share with chimpanzees. then it's growing on the frontal region ours is more advanced than all animals. it may be a theory but its true. we evolved from these animals because their mechanisms are within us.

so when we do evolve, that would not be us anymore. unless you agree we are still the same community of eukaryotes that continuously evolved.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Well, I don't buy your teory, but if you're happy with it, it's OK.
  Imagination is a very powerful tool.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  its not my theory, it is THE EVOLUTION THEORY.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Sorry. The theory you believe in.
  that's what I meant by 'your'
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  do you have another theory other than the mythical one?
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  don't have any mythical theory. I don't believe in anything. In this evolution theory either. Yes, I have a theory, but as it is a theory and nothing else, I'm not going to discuss it in this forum.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  You misunderstand what i mean by myth. I am a mythologist and have great respect for human myth.
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  watchyaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  But I don't believe in anything, no matter how much respect you have for myths. LOL
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Twenty One Daysposted 14 years ago
Which is a belief in itself.
Active Consciousness mandates belief, pro, neutral or con.
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  it is a belief in everything, true. a paradox
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ceciliabeltranposted 14 years ago
merely finding out your position in evolution.
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ceciliabeltranposted 14 years ago
that girl strayed in the wrong joint
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wingedcentaurposted 14 years ago
Good Day Rishy Rich

I think a good way to approach your question is to combine the insights given already by ademaree, who talked about the possible man-made factor that might drive evolution; and that raised by Ixxy, who talked about the environmental imperative.

It seems to me that in trying to begin to imagine where a far distant point of evolution might take us, is to think about what environmental pressures are acting on us, that would seem to call for some kind of response.

For example, it is my understanding that ten million years ago, in Africa, the creatures that would give rise to both apes and us humans, lived in a very dense forest belt that stretched across the middle of the continent (horizontally on the map). The trees were very closely bunched together.

And so, the creatures living there relied on the sense of smell to navigate the area. Smell was most called for and dominant. The forest had a lot to do with how the creatures got around - hunched over on all fours (and swinging from vines?). Anyway their environment had everything to do with how they got around and which senses were most called for.

Later, for some reason, the forest belt thinned out considerably. The trees got further (or is it farther?) apart, more wide open spaces became visible. It would seem that this state of affairs called for an emphasis on the sense of sight over smell. Those creatures, under those circumstances, felt the desirability to walk more upright.

This had to do with certain changes in the spine and all the rest of it, the development of stamina to be able to travel longer distances at a clip, and so forth. So, if we want to imagine where a distant point in evolution might take us, we might begin by asking the question: What environmental pressures, if any, are acting upon us, and what specific organismic (I just invented the word 'organismic') responses seem to be called for.

I just close with this, in reference to the point made by ademaree, about technology. I think an interesting point of imaginative departure to take that is to think about the 'mentat' characters of the Dune novels of Frank Herbert and his son Brian Herbert and his co-author.

Have you read any of the Dune novels? "The spice must flow."

Take care.
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Bill Manningposted 14 years ago
Actually I think humans right now are in a backward evolution. Normally the strongest and fittest survive; therefor only the best and fittest lived.

However in countries like the USA humans now have it too easy. Also with all this artificial help from medicine weak ones are breeding.

So, we now have humans with many hereditary diseases and aliments breeding even more weaker and diseased kids. Look at how many more diseases and so on we now have.

We are breeding a weaker and inferior race, not better. Each generation is getting more sick and weaker. So as to the original question, whatever species evolves forward, it's not going to be humans!
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  LeanManposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  You are very correct, survival of the fittest is no longer relevant to the human race.. However as we progress in our scientific discoveries we are fast coming across ways to not just overcome some of these hereditary diseases but to reverse them.. It will not be long and it will not matter how you are born as you will be re-engineered to fitness.. I don't think as a race we will allow pre-birth genetic engineering for fear of what we are doing etc.. but I can see many genetic diseases being eliminated in the very near future.
  
  Our brains and our ability to overcome problems within our environment are what will help us to continue to survive..
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  ceciliabeltranposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  Well, there is a new theory that Autism is how we are evolving. And it gives a good insight on how evolution may have happened. It's called the Intense World Syndrome. The Autistic brain is hyper-plastic and hyper reactive. I have three autistic nephews and they hear EVERYTHING and feel EVERYTHING.
  
  Some who do come out being verbal become highly specialized brainiacs. so it could be a stage in evolution where the genepool is generating a wide variety of "models" and those that have the capacity to reproduce will be creating the next breed of human race.
  
  It is chaos now, but it is a stage. Next stage it will start to be the norm more than the exception. It is highly possible we are evolving into better species and we are medicating it away.
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Shahid Bukhariposted 14 years ago
Existence ... Is a "Stasis" ... wrongly Perceived as Evolution.
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Paul Wallisposted 14 years ago
It's a bit too convenient to assume all these "points" in a process which by definition is continuous and contains the potential for variation and digression by nature. All life on Earth includes speciation and development in various forms. Things like termites, cockroaches and Hymenoptera have a range of ancient common forms which have expanded widely from a basic lineage.

Any ultimate point in Evolution would be stagnation by definition.To date, evolution has produced types of life which have existed for hundreds of millions of years, yet gone extinct. The inability to evolve means the end. Situations change, and life is obliged to change with them to survive. Viability involves evolution.
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  Baileybearposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  insects are considered to be more "evolved" than humans eg have 4 colour vision channels; humans have 3
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psycheskinnerposted 14 years ago
Look for a point or goal in evolutuion is, IMHO, missing the basic idea of what evolution is.
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qwarkposted 14 years ago
There is no "ultimate point" in evolution.
It is eternal and limitless.
Qwark
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  SEO Ibizaposted 14 years agoin reply to this
  hmm, in general yes, in specific instances it can plateau.
  
  for example sharks aren't evolving very fast any more?
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