The next step in Human Evolution

I dont feel like explaining this so anyone who was there for the conversation can go ahead and get this rolling, lol.
Its an interesting topic, regardless of your religious views and your beliefs

well, since natural selection doesn't have the opportunity to do it's job, evolution's kinda going both ways right now. We've got freaks like Lance Armstrong whose legs barely produce any lactate and a heart 1.5X the average. But on the flip side, we have way more genetic diseases than ever before.

Personally, I think humanity's in for something completely unexpected. It's not going to be something from that TV show Heroes, but it's gonna be whack.

Skita1 wrote:
Personally, I think humanity's in for something completely unexpected. It's not going to be something from that TV show Heroes, but it's gonna be whack.

We are going to become hobbits......

I have a feeling this is just going to die, but I don't know the "next step". We can change ourselves, not yet, although we will have the technology.

Kasrkin Seath wrote:I dont feel like explaining this so anyone who was there for the conversation can go ahead and get this rolling, lol.
Its an interesting topic, regardless of your religious views and your beliefs

I'll help out. Basically a part of the conversation was that the next step in human evolution was to combine human and animal genes.

The subject that brought this up was something along the lines of furries/nekos/anthros/whatever.

While ANOTHER part was that humans as we are now, are already at the top of the "ladder".

I will end human life if the next evolution is anthro or anything along the lines of furry.

I shit you not, I will commit genocide of all the furry bastards and erase their genetics and DNA off the face of the universe.

I want to shit out of my ears. That'd be the shit.

Gauz wrote:I will end human life if the next evolution is anthro or anything along the lines of furry.

I shit you not, I will commit genocide of all the furry bastards and erase their genetics and DNA off the face of the universe.

Lol

Do you COMPLETELY fail to see any benefit in the genetics of animals? Some of it could be helpful

Do you COMPLETELY fail to see that Humans are a unique race that benifits off of being strictly human? While getting the genetic ability to regenerate sounds "cool" I would not be for it if it changes humans as a whole, say, changing physical appearence. If the cost of haming animal benificiary genetics is a total bestial transformation, that it in my eyes not worth it.

The day I become a bi-pedal horse is the day I also kill myself/destroy all furry life.

WTH would you want to become a bi-pedal horse? lol

I said I wouldn't!

Becoming an 'Anthro' would not be the cost of it, that is just an extreme example

the next step is the death of the Male gender and women evolving to not need men to reproduce.

just like that lizard on that island

KristallNacht wrote:the next step is the death of the Male gender and women evolving to not need men to reproduce.

just like that lizard on that island

haha, lesbo-verse

But seriously, if they start mutating humans, society is going to go from bad to worse. It'll create so much controversy, that'd probably start another world war.

we will all become robots in aliens skins...

It WOULD however set us on track for SC @ Skita's Comment

And I admit, I completely forgot about those lizards. But lol if that happened.

Ascendant Justice wrote:The subject that brought this up was something along the lines of furries/nekos/anthros/whatever.

While ANOTHER part was that humans as we are now, are already at the top of the "ladder".

Nope.
Humans are no more evolved than any other creature. We are quite suited to our environment, as other animals are well adapted to theirs.

Gauz wrote:I will end human life if the next evolution is anthro or anything along the lines of furry.

I shit you not, I will commit genocide of all the furry bastards and erase their genetics and DNA off the face of the universe.

And I WILL be supplying this guy with the Zyklon B. Just giving you all a fair warning.

Kasrkin Seath wrote:

Gauz wrote:I will end human life if the next evolution is anthro or anything along the lines of furry.

I shit you not, I will commit genocide of all the furry bastards and erase their genetics and DNA off the face of the universe.

Lol

Do you COMPLETELY fail to see any benefit in the genetics of animals? Some of it could be helpful

Ocular benefits, faster nerve conduction velocity, skin that doesn't sunburn, and regenerating digits, yes.

Cat ears, multiple rows of breasts, fur...
Hell no.

In any case, the future of Humanity is going to lie in implants, either biological or cybernetic.
Of course, NT immediately thought of a completely different kind of implant.

However, cybernetic implants for computer interfacing, better eyesight, and increased stamina are probably what's next.

Yeah, Cybernetic and Electronic stuff is already on its way. Genetics is a bit ways off still

Yeah.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10101188-76.html

I'll settle for electronic corneas that can zoom in on objects and eliminate my need for contacts.

I actually spent a couple hours last week looking that kind of stuff up

Death no more wrote:

Skita1 wrote:
Personally, I think humanity's in for something completely unexpected. It's not going to be something from that TV show Heroes, but it's gonna be whack.

We are going to become hobbits......

Considering that the average person has grown over a foot in the last 150 years I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

that has to do alot with nutrition too dud.

dieing off and whatnot...

Kasrkin Seath wrote:that has to do alot with nutrition too dud.

I'm aware of that, I am only saying that we probably aren't going to turn into hobbits anytime soon.

I think technology will augment us physically before induced genetics will anyways.

Kinda like the afore mentioned article. A prof. at Washington U. is building contact lenses with LED displays, body sensors, and a tiny radio transmitter, that would be able to give you a Terminator-esque view of the world. They're not quite there yet, but it's getting close.