[Ogmios]

Yes, wouldn't it be nice if evolution actually had a goal?

But since the only goal is survival, having a couple of extra billion years does not necassarily mean that we would be more advanced intellectually.

The chances are that it might be, I mean, we have only been around as civiliazations for the last 5-10,000 years, can you imagine what we would have accomlpished with 2 billion years under our belt, maybe a level 3 or level 2 civilization, maybe even level 1. We of course would prbably be unrecognizable as the human beings we are now, but we might have advanced far.

It's fun to think about anyway, no matter how unlikely it would have been.

[JethroHathAWay]

What do you mean when you say level one, two or 3. What level are we now?

[Old Professer]

Yes, wouldn't it be nice if evolution actually had a goal?

That is the sort of romanticism that allows social husbandry; evolution requires hostility; benignity of environment or social selflessness is anathema to the process. Which is why, I suppose, we see cycles of success and barrenness.

[BiffWondercat]

Somethings don't have to change like Gators and Sharks. "They swim, eat and make, little sharks - and that's all they do!" Sorry Rich..