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Human race will 'split into two different species'
Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 10/25/2007
| NIALL FIRTH
Posted on 10/25/2007 11:09:01 PM PDT by prisoner6
Human race will 'split into two different species'
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.
100,000 years into the future, sexual selection will mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.
The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.
Go to the link in the header/excerpt for more, or the link in the comment for a more complete story.
prisoner6
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: evolution; godsgravesglyphs; hgwells; homan; kurzweil; race; singularity; species; thetimemachine
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To: L.N. Smithee
101
posted on
10/26/2007 9:18:10 AM PDT
by
joebuck
To: prisoner6
Like the Morlocks and the Eloi? I think that’s the right terms, but it’s been a long time since I read “The time Machine”, and I think the situations were somewhat different as to who did what. But the principle is the same.
102
posted on
10/26/2007 9:19:04 AM PDT
by
chesley
(Where's the omelet? -- Orwell)
To: CounterCounterCulture
That one at the end looks like Edna Mode...
103
posted on
10/26/2007 9:22:10 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(The Democrat Party: radical Islam's last hope)
To: SunkenCiv
FWIW From Wikipedia - Oliver Curry is a research associate at the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science in the London School of Economics. He is an evolutionary theorist.
His Ph.D., on the topic of morality as natural history, was awarded by the Government Department of the London School of Economics, where he now
teaches Political Theory.
This guy is no scientist. He's just another bloviator with a PhD.
104
posted on
10/26/2007 9:24:51 AM PDT
by
Varda
To: chesley
Actually The Bell Curve spoke of the increasing spread of the distribution into what could be interpreted as a smart, powerful ruling class and an underclass. They were not wishing for this, rather they were describing it.
Of course very few people actually read The Bell Curve. They only complained about what they *thought* was in the book. LOL
To: tophat9000
Yea, Yea, Eloy & Morlocks, we all saw the movie Zackly my first thought when I read the article.
To: prisoner6
Dr. Curry, meet Dr. Watson; please take a seat in the corner and don your cap.
107
posted on
10/26/2007 9:31:32 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: CarrotAndStick
108
posted on
10/26/2007 9:33:37 AM PDT
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Varda
109
posted on
10/26/2007 10:18:06 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: prisoner6
Rush pointed out the existence of Uglo-Americans years ago. I guess we can now look forward to Uglo-Sapiens in the year 3000!
110
posted on
10/26/2007 10:29:30 AM PDT
by
VegasCowboy
("...he wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel.")
To: COBOL2Java
She was supposed to look something like Coco Chanel.
111
posted on
10/26/2007 10:38:21 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
To: Vince Ferrer
112
posted on
10/26/2007 10:41:29 AM PDT
by
Unassuaged
(I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
To: ASOC
And please everyone, no ex-wife jokes. OK?Amd pretty please? No pictures of Helen. (Like that's gonna happen)...
113
posted on
10/26/2007 10:49:31 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
To: prisoner6
The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist. Morloch and Eloi.
Its good to be a member of the elite folks. Just don't let the schlubs get the ballot.
114
posted on
10/26/2007 10:50:50 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: CarrotAndStick
The "chin recession" can only happen if the large-chinned humans are at a disadvantage
115
posted on
10/26/2007 10:51:53 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
To: ladyjane
The days when an uneducated schlub could earn a “middle class” wage by polishing screws only lasted from 1946 until 1973. It was a short period in our history, and one which will not be repeated.
116
posted on
10/26/2007 10:52:46 AM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Rudy Giuliani, like Pesto and Seattle, belongs in the scrap heap of '90s Culture)
To: LibWhacker; Darksheare
Whos going to pick short, fat, ugly, stupid, goblin-like?Darksheare?
117
posted on
10/26/2007 10:53:10 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Franz Kafka would have killed himself in despair if he lived in the world we inhabit today.)
To: CarrotAndStick
uniform race of coffee-coloured people."
Caublaasians........ Will they be good golfers?
118
posted on
10/26/2007 10:57:30 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I could be Agent "HT")
To: Old Professer
I’m sorry, I didn’t get what you were trying to say...
119
posted on
10/26/2007 11:00:37 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: null and void
120
posted on
10/26/2007 11:01:03 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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