Gregor Eisenhorn
Well-Known Member
So, I noticed that there has been a lack of threads disucssing evolution and anything related to said theory.
At moments it may be hard to talk about it, since it's so bloody obvious, although there are a lot of people who dismiss this subject (and I'm not talking about creationists by the way). In terms of biology, it is still somewhat a theory and a fact.
Why would I open a thread like this? Well naturally evolution is just a ""simple"" (note the double ") process eg. there are certain traits in a gene pool that by natural/artificial selection get cleaned out, thus, "creating" a new set of traits that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Evolution happens over the course of millions of years, that amount of time is hard for even us to grasp. That's why the only evidence is actual observation of other species and... microorganisms. Due to their extremly short "life" spans we can toy around with them and notice how ceratin situations/genes change them.
I was wondering where we as humans are continuing as a species. For the past hundreds of thousands of years we have been evolving into a smarter, more sofisticated race than our cousin primates. Due to certain mutations our muscles have been degrading (and our overal structure) giving way to the expanding of the mind- the single most powerful weapon this natural world has ever seen and our biggest attribute.
The natural order is simple, every single creature that lives strives to pass on its genes. That's what surviving is all about, because what's the point of surviving if you cannot reproduce? Every animal that lacks the ability to plan ahead and is not aware of itself (depressing if you think about it) revolves its whole life around finding the next shag buddy and passing on its genes, insuring that its species will survive.
As humans have evolved their brain into something far more complex we now can decide whether or not to reproduce. It's happening all the time and is not considered something abnormal... from our point of view. Some people live their whole lives without having children, which is perfectly fine. We are starting to break natures rules, the very foundations of this world and are heading in a completely new direction, one that has been unwalked by any other living being on this planet.
I don't know if you understand what I am trying to implie, but we are starting to evolve completely different in a way no other animal ever has. Which brings up the question, were are we heading?
That's quite a bit of rambling, so I hope you all join in this discussion and we can work out a few theories.
At moments it may be hard to talk about it, since it's so bloody obvious, although there are a lot of people who dismiss this subject (and I'm not talking about creationists by the way). In terms of biology, it is still somewhat a theory and a fact.
Why would I open a thread like this? Well naturally evolution is just a ""simple"" (note the double ") process eg. there are certain traits in a gene pool that by natural/artificial selection get cleaned out, thus, "creating" a new set of traits that increase the individual's ability to compete, survive, and reproduce. Evolution happens over the course of millions of years, that amount of time is hard for even us to grasp. That's why the only evidence is actual observation of other species and... microorganisms. Due to their extremly short "life" spans we can toy around with them and notice how ceratin situations/genes change them.
I was wondering where we as humans are continuing as a species. For the past hundreds of thousands of years we have been evolving into a smarter, more sofisticated race than our cousin primates. Due to certain mutations our muscles have been degrading (and our overal structure) giving way to the expanding of the mind- the single most powerful weapon this natural world has ever seen and our biggest attribute.
The natural order is simple, every single creature that lives strives to pass on its genes. That's what surviving is all about, because what's the point of surviving if you cannot reproduce? Every animal that lacks the ability to plan ahead and is not aware of itself (depressing if you think about it) revolves its whole life around finding the next shag buddy and passing on its genes, insuring that its species will survive.
As humans have evolved their brain into something far more complex we now can decide whether or not to reproduce. It's happening all the time and is not considered something abnormal... from our point of view. Some people live their whole lives without having children, which is perfectly fine. We are starting to break natures rules, the very foundations of this world and are heading in a completely new direction, one that has been unwalked by any other living being on this planet.
I don't know if you understand what I am trying to implie, but we are starting to evolve completely different in a way no other animal ever has. Which brings up the question, were are we heading?
That's quite a bit of rambling, so I hope you all join in this discussion and we can work out a few theories.