We might easily "devolve" back into something similar that is more in tune with Earth's environment

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We might easily "devolve" back into something similar that is more in tune with Earth's environment

Socrates II — 7/31/2009 2:15:22 PM (archived)

See Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos, for example, where humans have
devolved into something resembling and behaving like seals and are
much happier than we are.

Ask most people what they want out of life and the usual answer is to
be happy and safe, which normally does not mean wanting more work,
thinking, and stress. A lot of people fantasize about laying on some
tropical beach doing little more than getting a tan and sipping on some
alcoholic drink.

Whales and dolphins may indeed be the most advanced and happiest
intelligences in the Universe. And they may also hold yet another key
to why SETI as we currently have it hasn't found anything yet - though
the main factors as far as I am concered are the vast amounts of star
systems, the incredible distances, the possible alien mindsets, and the
fact that we barely stand out on a galactic scale.

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The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - phil - 7/28/2009 1:00:40 AM
- re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Sawyer - 7/28/2009 2:49:56 PM
  - Live and learn die and forget it all. - Mr Fibuli - 7/31/2009 5:08:35 AM
    - re: Live and learn die and forget it all. - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 11:40:33 AM
      - re: Live and learn die and forget it all. - Mr Fibuli - 8/1/2009 2:37:50 AM
  - re: culture transmitted symbolically in the oceans - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2009 11:25:02 PM
    - Main elimination issue for dolphins is lack of ability to make complex tools - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 1:32:30 AM
      - they lack ability for the hives themselves to cooperate. - Nick Hoffman - 7/29/2009 7:50:54 AM
        
        re: they lack ability for the hives themselves to cooperate. - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 3:05:15 PM
- Let's start with the asteroids - TB - 7/28/2009 5:32:25 AM
- re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Marcia - 7/28/2009 2:01:05 AM
  - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - JEKing - 7/28/2009 5:03:42 AM
    - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - Kris Hartung - 7/30/2009 11:28:00 PM
    - re: The Non-Prevalance of Humanoid Equivalents - REB - 7/28/2009 4:18:53 PM
      - You might want to become a fan of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 5:46:40 PM
        
        re: You might want to become a fan of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin - REB - 7/30/2009 12:46:10 PM
        
        You just better hope... - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 2:53:11 AM
        
        I have read about transcendence being the ultimate outcome of evolution - FrankC - 7/29/2009 10:04:58 PM
        
        We might easily "devolve" back into something similar that is more in tune with Earth's environment - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 2:15:22 PM
        
        A more immediate retrogression - JEKing - 7/31/2009 9:29:33 PM
        
        Now there's a science fiction story - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 9:49:02 PM
        
        re: Now there's a science fiction story - JEKing - 8/1/2009 12:00:43 AM
        
        Speaking of cetaceans - Socrates II - 7/31/2009 7:46:16 PM
        
        Re: "evolving towards" - Nick Hoffman - 7/28/2009 11:21:36 PM
        
        True, until now. - Lee - 7/31/2009 10:32:38 PM
        
        How would you tell? - Adam - 7/30/2009 8:49:29 AM
        
        Go back and read Charlie Lineweaver's paper - nick hoffman - 7/30/2009 11:41:53 AM
        
        That's what he says... - Adam - 7/30/2009 8:08:58 PM
        
        life game - Sawyer - 7/31/2009 12:50:34 AM
        
        Just what I mean... - Adam - 7/31/2009 4:00:22 AM
    - Having just one data point on such an important subject is so frustrating - Socrates II - 7/28/2009 1:40:37 PM
      - ability to fly as an analogy - pwokenyaw - 7/28/2009 6:20:00 PM
        
        4+ You Forgot Pterosaurs - marsby - 7/29/2009 6:49:53 PM
        
        re: 4+ You Forgot Pterosaurs - pwokenyaw - 7/30/2009 11:44:27 PM
        
        4 times you forgot human flight, only 1 rocket power flight though (n/t) - Sawyer - 7/29/2009 3:14:50 PM

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