Topic: I dont think we should evolve any longer as humans (Read 2250 times)

Evolution is something we can't stop, we are always learning and discovering new things. Besides, we still have the whole universe to explore

That's because our brains has not evolved in the same speed as our technological progress. That means we still think "Big boom. I kill enemy. I solve problem", instead of "If I detonate a nuclear bomb there will be many future problems that could affect humanity in a bad way". But fear not, in a few thousand years we'll have the ability to make decisions that's good for our long-term survival. That is, if we survive that long, of course!

I think it's actually awesome! People only 200 years back were not even dreaming about the nuclear physics etc. PROGRESS ROX!

I think he meant is how smart and advanced we had gotten from tools, or we call now weapons, from tossing stones to now shooting guns, to laying booby traps to mines on the floor. 

What has evolution got to do with that?

I hadn't heard that but I'm not surprised.  They are one of the creepiest companies lol.  How many other creepy behind the scenes projects do they have going on is what I'd like to know.

Are you serious or sarcastic now..? There are lots of proofs that humans (and the earth) existed before the bible lol!

I don't want any more evolution. Enough for now.

who said we have ever evolved? i was talking to my doctor and he doesnt believe that the human body has evolved and if it has been then where is the history of it before te bible? i think that god did create the eart and the human maybe

We need to make sure enough of the population can see the signs and the light
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di5NSU5yuKE

No it isn't, but I still prefer being human, not a machine. And why would you want to become resistant to damage anyway? In any case we're many years away from that. Stem cell research and development will be finished for public use long before then.

I agree with you and I understand you, you told the truth. But I must say that we need to evolve more when you see how much problems we do to our planet. There we need to evolve a lot.

egypt is not evolving. it's just going through a cycle. first a dictator comes, does his shit, and people get pissed off. then people protest and eventually he becomes a deposed leader. they have election cycles to vote for a de facto dictator. rinse and repeat.

That sounds correct

Everyone here thinks too much like a 'human'  in 30000 years or more there is no more "human" - we are laughted at like neanderthals.  Consider the following:

in 30,000 years, heck in 5000 years, we would be considered cavemen by our offspring because of things like:  Pride, Jealousy, and Hatred.  Those things are what cause WAR right now still to this day in 2014.  There is no side-stepping this facet.  Eventually, rationalization will either come to a logistical 'cold/calculated' utilitarianistic 'I kill for the sake of us all'  'I die for the sake of us all' or we will evolve to Euphemize it.  Events will become more efficient - think no more lines for food, no more lines for banks.  No more jail time/justice system - only execution or stasis.  Perhaps we will be able to involve a type of cryostasis where your real jail time is simply an hour - but the perceived jail time is Years/Decades/Centuries (a prison trap in your mind).  Space is only colonized for the economic gain from the available raw materials.  Those raw materials could include exterior habitable planetary moons or stations - but these new 'habitats' will only be accessible by the wealthiest whom control the lions share of our resources.

WE WILL NOT GROW WINGS NOR LONGER WIDER HANDS NOR TALLER.  Those evolutionary adaptations only occur when they are NECESSARY ADAPTIONS REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED SURVIVAL - if keyboards grew from trees and we only used those grown from trees, then maybe those who had longer fingers may benefit?  But otherwise what happens is - humans adapt their surroundings and resources to better fit our constraints (that is, we adapt things to better fit our desires)  Thus, we would rather create ergonomic cars, keyboards, drinking containers to appeal to the masses before we develop the need to evolve over a long timescale.    Humans NEVER grew wings because there was never an evolutionary advantage into doing so.  If over the course of 10s of millions of years, we found that a small thin fold of skin helped us glide to food/safety more often than not, then we would have slowly grown longer and thinner flaps of skin until they became the wings necessary to fly.  We lost hair over the course of evolution because it was no longer as necessary once we started killing other wild beasts and using their hides for warmth and protection - thus we evolved to lose it.  Humans will likely retain their height and averageness - We don't get collectively smarter unless something drastic happens and kills off the majority of average citizens.  Smart folks are few and far between - a vast majority of 'smart' people today are simply parrots - taking what they read from textbooks and the internet and repeating it to your face ad nauseum.  Smart folks will actually take knowledge and create new things from this gained knowledge.  Smart folks will look at the status quo for any given particular process and will place it upon themselves to refine or improve the status quo process. 

I think we are still evolving. With our continues over usage of brain, reading, typing and proper nutrition we will become taller, bigger would have bigger heads, wider eyes long hands and fingers in the future 10000 -30000 years from now. But some other groups may may evolve differently.

I agree the advancement of technology is not benefiting the people as much as it should be.  If we stay on this track there will be a future none of us would want to live in for coming generations.

People still fight for fun, even though it hurts (hello sports, hello everyday fights in schools, prisons and such).
That soon is many years away. Also replacing a damaged part is not the same as being resistant to damage in the first place.

No, it doesn't. Sounds pretty damn terrifying to me.

I do prefer that over being a machine. Anyway, thanks to all the stem cell research being done right now, we'll soon be able to replace any parts of us that's damaged.
Unless we replace the part of the brain that controls feeling. Then we'd be cold, calculating, 100% rational machines. Sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Imagine how awesome would be if your body was tough enough to withstand punches and kicks without a scratch.

People would be fighting eachother cause it's fun, only thing that could hurt would be weapons.. or words.