I think natural evolution will go out the window, we'll do it ourselves. Perhaps we'll reach a day and a technology where some of us no longer want the limits imposed by being a physical being. Sounds crazy, but 100 million years - perhaps we'll imprint ourselves somehow in the structure of the universe.
I think natural evolution will go out the window, we'll do it ourselves. Perhaps we'll reach a day and a technology where some of us no longer want the limits imposed by being a physical being. Sounds crazy, but 100 million years - perhaps we'll imprint ourselves somehow in the structure of the universe.
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dont be sorry..you have not hurt anyone...it is your view so whats the worry...
I think history tells us we simply wont be here...unless we can blow up some of those things that go splat on a planet.
Maybe we are the choosen ones and will become part of the universe...hang on we are part of the universe and on most folks account the universe exists for us and was indeed created for us....I hope they are right... why not... I could get up each day with that under my belt.
I think natural evolution will go out the window, we'll do it ourselves. Perhaps we'll reach a day and a technology where some of us no longer want the limits imposed by being a physical being. Sounds crazy, but 100 million years - perhaps we'll imprint ourselves somehow in the structure of the universe.
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I am with you on these thoughts Greg, and I am betting it will be much sooner than most of us can imagine. Kal also hits the nail on the head with vested interest groups trying to stop the inevitable, but they won't be able to. Evan, the splat bit worries me to. We are about to spend who knows how many billions on "saving" the world from alleged man made CO2 emmissions that (in my opinion) will go down the same path as the acid rain scaremongering did - all the forests should have been gone by now I think? Yet one impactor could wipe out billions maybe all of us, we need a massive global response to this now. But as there doesn't seem to be any immediate profits for anyone in finding these potential impactors, I guess we will do it on a shoe string budget. The way I see it is the buzz words for the alleged CO2 GW are - do it for future generations - for our kids and theirs, well if we are so serious about that where is the money for what would be an immediate massive global changing event and why aren't the public concerned, do they really know?
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Say we cononize the galaxy at some point - 100 million years from now we could have diverged into hundreds of thousands of completely different species.
Well perhaps not completely different - but you catch my drift.
Say we cononize the galaxy at some point - 100 million years from now we could have diverged into hundreds of thousands of completely different species.
Well perhaps not completely different - but you catch my drift.
100 million years is an inordinate amount of time, enough for dinosuars to evolve and die out and enough for humans to arise.
If we look the same in 100 million years it will only be because we chose to look that way.
Agreed paul - when i said not completely different, I was just thinking perhaps looking at the different species - you might be able to conclude using their DNA that they were all derived from an original species (i.e. us)
Say we cononize the galaxy at some point - 100 million years from now we could have diverged into hundreds of thousands of completely different species.
Well perhaps not completely different - but you catch my drift.
Even if humanity never conquers interstellar distances , we'll colonise several moons and at least one planet in our solar system , so there will be environmental conditions that favour evolutionary changes just from thinner atmospheres (even if we manage to pretty much terraform these) , colder conditions, and lower gravity.
With migration of a lot of humanity coastal strips and pressures to utilise the oceans or even colonise them , we may also evolve a marine version of humanity too.
I think like most here, with talk of technology and solar system colonization.
It is these two things that lead me to my belief that humans will become the machine, and humans will become the aliens.
