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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: johnny7

lol...

Waxman... What a charlatan!


141 posted on 10/26/2007 6:30:01 PM PDT by sit-rep
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Don’t be silly.

By the time the Global Warming wing of the liberal movement is done with us, there won’t be any technology allowed.

Evolution will hold sway again as we fight over resource limits we are prevented from using technology to circumvent.


142 posted on 10/26/2007 6:38:40 PM PDT by Kellis91789 (Liberals aren't atheists. They worship government -- including human sacrifices.)
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To: prisoner6
IMO it's already happened.

It happened at Walmart about 10 years ago.

143 posted on 10/26/2007 6:55:36 PM PDT by lonestar
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To: kbingham

“In fact, the world will change uncalculably within 50 years, or as soon as someone creates a human equivalent AI.”

So, what is artificial intelligence? How will we know when we have it? I spent 1985-1995 studying this, thinking it would be the next big thing. I finally realized 1) we don’t understand human intelligence; 2) we don’t know how to program for intelligence 3) we don’t understand self-awareness; 4) we don’t know how to program for self awareness.

Generally, intelligence and self awareness are what we think of when we say “AI”. We’ve made great progress on the hardware side, very little on the software side.

Check out the newsgroup comp.ai.philosophy. I read it steadily for a year in the 90’s until I realized the arguments were repeating with no progress. I still check it out from time to time and the arguements haven’t changed—is human intelligence solely due to the brain or is there a non-material component? Can a digital computer emulate the human brain? Is intelligence an algorithm or not?

I have no faith we will achieve human or super human AI in the next 50 years.


144 posted on 10/26/2007 7:09:30 PM PDT by Forgiven_Sinner (The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is at all comprehensible.)
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To: prisoner6
Hummmmm, 100,000 years. Will have to use a post it note so we can remember to check this split out. /sarc

It is so very easy to make statements like this. Then the MSM etc. give the statement credibility by printing it in an article.

145 posted on 10/27/2007 8:12:27 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: highlander_UW

I hear ya. It seems that the Seattle area just can’t seem to get it collective crap together when it comes to sports (sigh).

Oh, well. I still have my Gators (struggling though they may be).


146 posted on 10/27/2007 8:16:29 AM PDT by 60Gunner (ER Nursing: running with scissors and playing with sharp objects- ain't America great?.)
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To: Sir Francis Dashwood

Wow, good ones!!!


147 posted on 10/27/2007 8:32:08 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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To: johnny7

Barf!!


148 posted on 10/27/2007 8:32:58 AM PDT by Dustbunny (The BIBLE - Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
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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.

Ahhhh! It's good to be the king...

149 posted on 10/27/2007 10:15:49 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, for it is an evil time." - Amos 5:13)
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To: prisoner6

As long as there is alcohol and beer goggles, this will never happen.


150 posted on 10/27/2007 10:19:44 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: prisoner6

No it won’t. There are too many attractive, intelligent women who let themselves be impregnated by dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures.


151 posted on 10/27/2007 10:31:02 AM PDT by Leftism is Mentally Deranged
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To: prisoner6

152 posted on 10/27/2007 10:34:11 AM PDT by killjoy (Life sucks, wear a helmet.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

First you have to clean them. Not an easy task.


153 posted on 10/27/2007 10:37:42 AM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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To: prisoner6
What? No picture of Rage Boy yet?


154 posted on 10/27/2007 11:03:43 AM PDT by magellan
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To: johnny7

Waxman.........belongs in a wax museum, not congress


155 posted on 10/27/2007 12:20:08 PM PDT by repentant_pundit (Strong leaders are overrated. We need strong followers...of the Constitution)
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To: HerrBlucher
H.G. Wells had a similar idea in "The Time Machine", only reversed. The Goblins (Morlocks) ruled the attractive intelligent class.....actually, they ate them.

Reminds me of the TWILIGHT ZONE episode "To Serve Man."

156 posted on 10/27/2007 6:35:28 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: prisoner6
In the 1895 book, the human race has evolved into two distinct species, the highly intelligent and wealthy Eloi and the frightening, animalistic Morlock who are destined to work underground to keep the Eloi happy.

This idiot should have bothered to read the book before proclaiming to know what it was about.

The Eloi were small, pudgy weak and dull creatures, just like cattle. Because that's what they were, the food source for the Morlocks. The Morlocks were not "destined to work to keep them happy" any more that a rancher is today with cows.

157 posted on 10/27/2007 9:17:27 PM PDT by Jotmo (I Had a Bad Experience With the CIA and Now I'm Gonna Show You My Feminine Side - Swirling Eddies)
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To: Larry Lucido

larry and his posse, which includes me, know which group we will belong to and it isn’t the short stumpy one


158 posted on 10/27/2007 10:20:19 PM PDT by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: johnny7

why i am not a prostitute


159 posted on 10/27/2007 10:21:32 PM PDT by Taffini (Mr. Pippin and Mr. Waffles do not approve)
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To: prisoner6

Wow, HG Wells and London School of Economic...sounds like a Fabian Socialists wet dream.

“Prey Devoutly, Hammer Stoutly...as your hearts desire”


160 posted on 10/27/2007 10:26:30 PM PDT by Dead Dog
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