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Human Species May Split In Two
gEvil (beta) writes "According to an article at the BBC, an evolutionary theorist in London suggests that humanity may split into two sub-species within the next 100,000 years. From the article: 'The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.'" No missing link here, we already have the troll-like humans to prove it.
Half of us will be Swedish, and the other half will be British?
But when the all clear sounds, which side would you want to be on?
I guess we should all be happy we came along now. Better to be dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures while it's still politically incorrect to call us such.
As a dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creature, I take offense to this!
"If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer
So... what kind of stats do the short goblin-like humans get? Want to make sure I don't inadvertadly lower any of my prime skills. ;P
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Mac users and PC users You work out which is which..
Hey, it's only Fox New's fault if Republicans and Democrats entirely stop cross-breeding!
:p)
(You can't call it a troll if I don't say which one becomes the upper class
"No missing link here, we already have the troll-like humans to prove it." quote from original article.
They do, and they did not have to look very far either: Just go to arstechnica, you find the majority of their sampleset used in their forums boards members, moderators, & the owner.
Women: "... pert breasts" (and presumably larger/fuller too)
Boy, he really hasn't studied human beings enough, has he? First he expects smart people to be beautiful (or the converse) and now he expects large boobs to be pert?
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How insightful of you considering the article itself mentions H. G. Wells.
The funny thing though is that even though many folks are obsessed with image and "beauty", people will choose mates for a variety of different reasons, that sometimes boggle the mind in their complexity or pathology and as long as you have people that are..... less than attractive with large amounts of financial reserves, you will always have confounds in the system.
I whole heartedly agree. Many times a day I wonder why I married my wife.
A planet where apes evolved from men?
Nova was the perfect woman. Beautiful, Compliant, Mute.
Following his logic, we will all also grow cup holders out of our sides and men will develop urinals out of the end of their genitals.
Just another step towards the elimination of the middle class...
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Musicians are proof of how untrue this theory is because they show time and again that the hottest of ladies will sleep with the ugliest of guys as long as they can play a guitar, normalizing the gene pool.
Come on... high five! Anybody?
There are only 10 kinds of people in this world... those who understand binary and those who don't
First he expects smart people to be beautiful (or the converse) and now he expects large boobs to be pert?
Hush up, you. They may have taken away our dreams of flying cars and houses on the Moon, but breasts that are both large and pert is a future worth fighting for!
Intelligent, creative people are far less likely to pay attention to personal appearance
In order to dissuade you from this dellusion, I direct your attention to my dearest of college discoveries: Sexy art chicks.
You can't take the sky from me...
From the article: 'The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.
Talk about a setup. I predict 90% of the comments on this article will be modded funny (regardless of whether they actually are).
Given that contraception is the real barrier to procreation these days, I guess women will evolve to be forgetful (namely in forgetting to their pill), and men will evolve to be impulsive or stupid (too impulsive to use a condom, or too stupid to use one properly).
Wait....
Cool art gallery, if you're into that sort of thing.
... ugly, squat goblin-like creatures
Yet another dire consequence of too much time playing MMORPG's. As if the recent South Park wasn't warning enough.
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And IIRC, some of them (her) wasn't ugly at all!
Besides, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Each new race might find themselves quite attractive.
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I call it...Derelict!
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Those who understand binary and those who don't.
:P
:)
*ahem*
Anyway, aren't there already 2... males and females... might as well be completely different species sometimes
Or, to take the controversial line, perhaps the two will be natives and immigrants
Din't do a very good job, now did he? As they say, eugenics starts at home.
People who succeed in the face of adversity and serious obstacles are much stronger people than those raised with a silver spoon in their mouths. You need to look no further than America's two biggest dynasties the Kennedy's and the Bush's to see the deficiencies that develop in generations raised on a silver spoon.
Or Paris Hilton vs Mr Hilton.
George Bush Jr's grandfather Prescott Bush ... Prescott's law partner Tighe ... Connecticut (Bush family home state) ... Prescott's boss Averell Harriman
"I...am your father's...father's...law partner's...and home state's...and boss's...ad hominem."
"So what does that make us?"
"Absolutely nothing. Which is what your argument means!"
Sexy art chicks.
Ah, yes, the sort of girl who will destroy your soul and then break up with you via interpretive dance, a psychedelic barrage of Tempera paint, and a thousand posterboard paper cuts.
My 2 year old son has been bitten by other humans 10 times in the last 12 weeks. This would indicate he is Eloi, yet, I am far to unattractive to be anything other than a Morlok. Can Morloks produce Eloi offspring? Or do the Morloks get eaten too, and Wells forgot to mention that?
The Chinese will survive us all without any doubt.
I like Chinese, yes I like Chinese.
For one thing, they don't have the access to birth control that allows the rich and middle classes to have unlimited sex (without barrier-style birth control methods like condoms, crevical caps, and diaphrams) without pregnancies.
What's this unlimited sex you're talking about?
By the way: the President is not "George Bush, Jr." He is George Walker Bush. His father is George Herbert Walker Bush.
Ye what!? Grandpa Bush was a Dune fan? Next thing you're gonna tell me G.W. is Baron Harkonnen denying the Fremen their hajj and hordes of desert-dwelling bearded men will use the natural resource found in their sands as leverage.
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1913 just called. It wants its historically inevitable utopianism back.
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just look at Paris Hilton... a classic example of wealth reaching critical mass, no matter what she does, the money rolls in. Maybe one day she can afford to have that eyelid lifted :)
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And beer, don't forget the beer.
It can be, just look at Downs Syndrome or dwarfism or albinism to see how much a simple genetic change can cause quite large body morphisms. Imagine if some unfortunate had all 3 plus excessive hairyness. They'd look like me.
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sleazebag elitists. nuff said.
Speak for yourself, shorty.
Ok, so assuming that all this 100,000 year stuff is true and the ugly get ugly and the sexy become sexy. But don't ya think that alcohol is really the compensating control of allowing this to happen? :)
It's a nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there.
Dude, I live here.... Can I come visit you?
I don't think this will ever happen, the rich love to fuck the poor.