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Poll Question: Where do you see mankind going?
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    Posted: May 04 2005 at 17:34

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7103668/

got me thinking.

Anyone else?

 

Darn, can't edit the poll. Choice #3 was supposed to include genetics and biotechnology as well as cybernetics.



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You cant devolve back to primitivism.The words "devolve" and "primitivism" are not copmpatible.

You can say "go back to a more primitive way of life"

 "Primitivism" suggests that the state of being primitive or having a primitive existance is more noble or more desirable than the sophisiticated,technological way we live in modern society.Geek

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Here's how we will look in 100 years

if you check out the Rogues Gallery thread you will see that James has already begun the transformation...Wink



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Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

You cant devolve back to primitivism.The words "devolve" and "primitivism" are not copmpatible.

You can say "go back to a more primitive way of life"

 "Primitivism" suggests that the state of being primitive or having a primitive existance is more noble or more desirable than the sophisiticated,technological way we live in modern society.Geek

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I see your point, the terms 'primitive' and 'primitivism' require a comparison...but in this case the comparison is to our current state- so I maintain that my word choice was appropriate, if somewhat clumsy.

Plus, 'devolve' isn't the same as 'de-evolve'...it's a completely different word. So there! 
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You can't de-evolve I think. Though the chances are bigger that we evolve into something we already were in an earlier state of our evolution than to change in something completely different, than still it would be evolving and not de-evolving.

Technically mankind has achieved something that hasn't been done in natural life ever. We are able to manipulate our envirement to any extend we desire. For us it's no longer survival of the fittest, we make the world fit our needs. This is IMO a dangerous path, for our weaknesses aren't weeded out by natural selection, but are incorporated into our species, and the world around us is forced to adapt to that.

Two possible consequences (there are many more BTW). Human kind will become physically weak. Life forms around us will become stronger, and the weaker life forms will perish.

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Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

You can't de-evolve I think. Though the chances are bigger that we evolve into something we already were in an earlier state of our evolution than to change in something completely different, than still it would be evolving and not de-evolving.

I think that this is an ethical question and the answer is relative to your perspective on the purpose/existance of purpose of humans.  If there is a specific purpose, then human actions can be divided into the polarities of evolving and devolving.  I don't think that this is original thought on my part, but i can't think of where i've heard this idea before.
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Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

Here's how we will look in 100 years

if you check out the Rogues Gallery thread you will see that James has already begun the transformation...Wink

I'm really much more like this:

psychologically speaking, anyway.

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What a difference !!!!!!!! 
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In retrospect, "regressing" would definitely have been a much better word.

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Earth will become a very bad place to live, when we will pollute it completly (thanks the americans with your big cars and who don't want to reduce the pollution).
Without talking about plane's pollution, which is greatly increasing.


Like Said Morrisson:
"what they have done to the earth, what they have done to our fair sister?"





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Hmm no change I hope!
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In our defense, not one of those photos were from the US.

I have no clue why the US didn't jump aboard the Kyoto protocol...obviously full compliance is somewhat optional, eh monsieurs?

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Don't take it as an offense.
The pollution is global, my dear friend, like the polluting industries you send in the poor countries.

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no offense taken- I happen to agree with you. I don't think there's a single country in the world which is completely blameless about the problem, and quite a few which are doing much better about finding a solution than we are.
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