re: Not a snowball's chance in Hell. Humanity's rate of evolution is at its greatest ever.

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Jody — 8/3/2009 11:01:39 AM (archived)

Walking on rigid pavement must force changes in the hips, knees, and feet. Breathing polluted air must be changing our lungs. And so forth. Typing on terminals must be changing our hands

A good point however IMO...I think technology is so state of the art that it will take care of these problems before evolution has a chance to respond.

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Evolution stops here: Future Man will look the same, says scientist - Jody - 8/2/2009 7:57:48 PM
- I disagree - RNE - 8/4/2009 5:48:36 PM
- Not a snowball's chance in Hell. Humanity's rate of evolution is at its greatest ever. - David F Mayer - 8/3/2009 12:36:23 AM
  - re: Not a snowball's chance in Hell. Humanity's rate of evolution is at its greatest ever. - Jody - 8/3/2009 11:01:39 AM
    - I don't believe that is possible. - David F Mayer - 8/3/2009 12:56:26 PM
      - re: I don't believe that is possible. - Doug Ellison - 8/6/2009 9:29:46 AM
        
        re: I don't believe that is possible. - RAY Smith - 8/23/2009 9:56:42 PM
        
        re: I don't believe that is possible. - RAY Smith - 8/23/2009 9:55:56 PM
        
        re: I don't believe that is possible. - RAY Smith - 8/23/2009 9:55:49 PM
        
        We have NOT beaten natural selection. We have only changed the human environment. - David F Mayer - 8/9/2009 1:51:08 AM
      - Genetically engineer people to live on other worlds, or in space itself - Socrates II - 8/3/2009 1:46:09 PM
        
        I don't think so. Here is why. - David F Mayer - 8/4/2009 1:24:13 AM
        
        Mostly Agree - Marsby - 8/5/2009 6:53:29 PM
        
        Okay, that settles it - we're turning the Sol system into a Dyson Shell - Socrates II - 8/4/2009 1:11:40 PM
        
        Sci Fi movies... - Jody - 8/3/2009 3:59:43 PM
        
        Live Long and Prosper. (n/t) - Eri - 8/4/2009 12:36:17 AM
- Our environment has changed drastically. - alcaray - 8/2/2009 9:19:06 PM
  - Well, that lets ME out. Guess it's good I didn't have kids. (n/t) - Eri - 8/2/2009 11:09:26 PM
    - Maybe that's why you didn't have kids. Or a factor. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/3/2009 12:42:18 AM
      - Exactly (two reasons) - Socrates II - 8/3/2009 1:59:05 PM
- Evolution is accelerating - Raoul - 8/2/2009 8:11:00 PM
  - Stop! Go! Stop! Go! Stop! Go! Round and round evolution goes - Eri - 8/2/2009 9:10:02 PM
    - I know... - Jody - 8/2/2009 10:15:01 PM
      - Picky brains. - Eri - 8/2/2009 11:10:48 PM
        
        Yeah - Rob VG - 8/3/2009 12:09:01 AM
        
        These scientists need to read more science fiction - Socrates II - 8/3/2009 1:36:47 PM

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