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Next Step in Human Evolution
PrivateDonut writes "Where is evolution taking our species? MSNBC has up an article that examines where evolution could take the human race. The gist of it is that no further evolution will occur unless humans can be separated into isolated groups." From the article: "Such ideas may sound like little more than science-fiction plot lines. But trend-watchers point out that we're already wrestling with real-world aspects of future human development, ranging from stem-cell research to the implantation of biocompatible computer chips. The debates are likely to become increasingly divisive once all the scientific implications sink in." Class, please read Transmetropolitan for homework.
We all know that Human evolution is shorty to be off shored to Mars because martians are a dime a dozen and grow faster in the reduced gravity.
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What truth?
There is no dupe
OK, that little useless thing on your foot commonly referred to as "the pinky toe" has to go. Other than ramming it into doors and such (causing great pain on colorful metaphors) I have found no practical use for it, so, according to Darwin. It has to go.
And hopefully the creationists stay out of this one, lets leave the flame wars to Fark.
- "Scientia non habet inimicum nisp ignorantem"
Adamantium claws. Telepathy. Electromagnetism. Weather control. Yeah you read it right, they'll discover that there is a gene that controls weather.
And they'll dress in spandex and fight each other for survival and/or world supremecy.
I for one, will be very entertained by our new mutant overlords.
Pass the popcorn.
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Why can't people EVER use the "Not Safe For Church" tag on these things?
That sounds exactly like the plot in the anime Gundam Seed, followed by the plot in the game Total Annihilation.
God I need to get a life >_
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There should be a warning sticker on slashdot stating that evolution is only a theory. You people with your scientific methods, can you not see that there is a perfectly good explanation to it all? What makes you think you have evolved enough to question it? (well, I didn't mean evolved, I mean what makes you think God has granted you enough of a sense of, well not granted, miricaled, yeah, just thought it into being).
Oh, and I will pray for your souls to have a sense of humor.
God is great, God is good, let us thank HIM for our food. (see, you would not even have food if God had not willed it out of the ground because photosynthesis does not exist either, and don't even get me started about the lie of everything not revolving around the earth and that Galileo punk. Just because the church apologized didn't mean the church wasn't right because it can't be wrong because the pope is infallible because if he wasn't, my whole religion would be based on lies, so no way, I now can say that I have conclusivly proved that evolution does not exist because the church told me so.)
Evolution? No.
plugs and wires is the kind of crap you see in movies. we already have good wireless tech so why would we use horrible wires?
at the very most, the sign of an "enhanced" human would be an apple-shaped white LED just under the skin that pulsates when you're asleep.
In the future, everyone will be that asshole who stole your girl at the bar.
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That sounds exactly like the plot in the anime Gundam Seed, followed by the plot in the game Total Annihilation.
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God I need to get a life
Sounds like you are your own isolated group. Maybe they should study you.
I fully expect another 'Black Plague' to emerge and wipe out 25% of the world's population within my lifetime.
Well at least the geeks will survive. Even airborn contagions generally require at least a passing social proximity.
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A tail, and opposable toes on handlike feet. Totally. Damn lucky apes/monkeys, why did they get tails and opposable toes, while we humans are stuck with useless tailbones and flat feet with pointless toes? Bah.
I mean, seriously, that would be awesome. If I got tired of typing with my hands, I could do it with my feet. And I could use my mouse/trackpad with my tail for maximum efficiency. Wouldn't that rock?
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Call me a crackpot, but I'd conjecture that over the next few centuries, the average IQ of the human race will remain at precisely 100.
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Everyone knows evolution is just a "theory" concocted by the liberal media. Since we were all created by a higher being (a superintelligent goat probably), this whole concept is as silly as the separation of church and state.
The next logical stage of human evolution is for women's eye to migrate to their breasts so they can maintain eye contact with men.
I don't want any taste or smell organs on my hands thank you very much. I still have to wipe my ass when I take a shit.
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Yeah, but short fat ugly rich people interbreed with slim rich beautiful poor people all the time.
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Well of course not. They don't put teeth in those blow up dolls.