What is the future of human evolution?

blastingas10 · 10-09-2012, 01:43 PM

I never said it was true. I clearly said that it contradicts our understanding of the universe.

I actually made the post after playin Assassins Creed, Which is why the idea came to mind.

The Batlord · 10-10-2012, 08:34 AM

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Of course I would get a dumb answer like that. Anytime you mention something tju isn't scientifically proven you get some stupid sarcastic comparison like that. So I guess what youre telling me is that we don't know anymore about pigs than we know about the history of the universe? As mysterious as the origin of the universe is, we somehow don't know anymore more abou ****in pigs.

You're missing the point. Of course your random scenario is more likely than super intelligent pigs living in underground civilizations. The point is that they are both completely arbitrary and there is no reason to believe in either of them. I was just using an extreme example to illustrate a point.

Guybrush · 10-10-2012, 08:53 AM

I guess if there was a highly developed civilization before we came along, then remains of this civilization and its people, fossilized or otherwise, would have been found.

It's a funny idea, though.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-10-2012, 09:09 AM

In the same vein, I don't think it's unreasonable to postulate the rise and fall, and perhaps even continued existence of intelligent societies elsewhere in the universe.

Guybrush · 10-10-2012, 09:54 AM

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In the same vein, I don't think it's unreasonable to postulate the rise and fall, and perhaps even continued existence of intelligent societies elsewhere in the universe.

I don't think it's unreasonable to think there must an unfathomable amount of planets out there with life on them so the number of intelligent civilizations must number somewhere up in the many many billions.

One would number up in hundreds of billions in fact even if there were only one intelligent civilization per galaxy.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-10-2012, 10:54 AM

I wonder if there are any planetary neighbors who co-evolved side by side and now share their civilizations with each other.

I wish we had neighbors

The Batlord · 10-10-2012, 10:57 AM

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I wonder if there are any planetary neighbors who co-evolved side by side and now share their civilizations with each other.

I wish we had neighbors

If we did, we'd probably waste our money trying to build a bigger moonbase than the Johnsonians.

blastingas10 · 10-10-2012, 11:07 AM

Well since there is no proof that there are other intelligent lifeforms out there we might as well compare it to a society of underground pigs.

~~someonecompletelyrandom~~ · 10-10-2012, 11:15 AM

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If we did, we'd probably waste our money trying to build a bigger moonbase than the Johnsonians.

Vertigo · 10-11-2012, 12:56 AM

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Well since there is no proof that there are other intelligent lifeforms out there we might as well compare it to a society of underground pigs.

Unfortunately, I don't think that it'll ever be possible to prove or disprove this, the one massive obstacle being distance.

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blastingas10 Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 2,126	I never said it was true. I clearly said that it contradicts our understanding of the universe. I actually made the post after playin Assassins Creed, Which is why the idea came to mind.

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