dean

Our tools and our toys may have gotten fancier, but on most days I don't think we've evolved all that much from our cave dwelling days.

fltsfshr

You know as I try to envisualize humanities next great evolutionary leap, I seem to find walls everywhere. What if it's a genetic impossibility to imagine it? Or an imposed one?


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dean

It's impossible to predict the future. Even trying to determine what trends there may or may not be is next to impossible, because there are far too many variables, unforeseen events, and a myriad of potential consequences.

fltsfshr

Actually it's not impossible. The world is causal. If I hit a nail with a hammer, I can predict the result prior to the strike. I may not hit it the same way everytime but it is predictable. I can predict on a macro scale, the sun will rise tommorrow. So far I've been proven right every time.

Jung couldn't prove synchronicity but I still think it's there.

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cordycord

I still think we'll be creating our own evolutionary "leap" through genetic manipulation in our own lifetime. First, out of necessity (disease), and then out of vanity and capitalism.

dean

Within the context of evolution it is impossible. There are too many hammers and too many nails.
You aren't predicting that the sun will rise tomorrow, you're assuming that it will based on past behavior. They call that faith.

fltsfshr

No it a prediction based on math.

The faith part involves whether or not there is a sun when it goes away.

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dean

No, it's based on an assumption that the Laws of Physics will remain unchanged. There aren't many of us who are equipped to work out the mathematics and probabilities once, nevermind doing it each day and each waking second. There's no evidence that they will remain unchanged, which is where faith comes into play. Without that faith, we would all be driven to insanity by uncertainty.
How would you like to get up in the morning and find that Newton's Laws had all been repealed while you were sleeping?