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Re: Future of Humanity (was: lotsa stuff)
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Tue, 30 Oct 2001 14:18:54 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Low writes:
> I understood Larry's point differently, in that optimistically we might
> never go extinct (technology propelling us beyond the earth, the solar
> system, the galaxy, the universe...), but in terms of biological evolution
> we're more or less at a dead end (deliberate genetic manipulation aside[1]).
"Dead end" has an air of finality that can't be declared with any
confidence when speaking of evolution. It may be the case, though I don't
think so, that we've created a temporary stall on evolution, but even then,
it's not world-wide, and it's so ridiculously brief that it's bound to be of
infinitessimal impact over the long haul.
Evolution, as we all know, takes place in geologic time; the entire sum of
human experience is hardly a blip on the radar when considered on that scale.
Dave!
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