Discuss humans.
Humans are so frail
#1
Posted 09 November 2008 - 11:27 PM
Discuss humans.
#2
Posted 10 November 2008 - 03:53 AM
Biggest thing I don't like about us is our short lifespan. People don't think long-term enough and I blame it on us living 70ish years (if we're lucky). We gotta stick some turtle or parrot dna in our own.
#3
Posted 10 November 2008 - 04:43 AM
Biggest thing I don't like about us is our short lifespan. People don't think long-term enough and I blame it on us living 70ish years (if we're lucky). We gotta stick some turtle or parrot dna in our own.
True enough. Although I fear what genetic alterations will lead to. I had a talk with a friend, and basically I came to the conclusion that the japanese pop-culture view that the future involves serious human augmentation is not that far from reality.
#4
Posted 10 November 2008 - 07:27 AM
And we did survive the last ice age so we can't be that weak, we've probably just grown accustomed to being out of the cold since we've lived separate from nature for hundreds of years now.
#5
Posted 10 November 2008 - 07:43 AM
#6
Posted 10 November 2008 - 08:10 AM
Discuss humans.
Depends on where you were living prior aye? I'd probably be fine with a long shirt and jeans where you are right now
#7
Posted 10 November 2008 - 08:14 AM
Global warming would significantly reduce our carrying capacity though, you only need to look at the situation in China to see that. They've got a water crisis and huge amounts of farmland being encroached upon by the Gobi Desert, in time they're going to struggle to feed their people. There's no way the Earth could support anywhere near 50 billion people...some people even think we've already got too many people.
Soylent Green is people!
#8
Posted 10 November 2008 - 08:34 AM
#9
Posted 10 November 2008 - 08:57 AM
Are you serious? I always thought humans had reached their natural carrying capacity by far! Maybe it means the carrying capacity of humans with all the technology/ no predators or balance with the earth?
#10
Posted 10 November 2008 - 10:35 AM
I've heard estimates for carrying capacity that are far higher than 50 billion. No one knows, because we've never done it before. No species has so globally dominated the earth, in such a way that resources are entirely devoted to them. Of course, they're only resources to us because they have a use; oil has no use to monkeys or grasshoppers. Whereas, things like land and water and arable land are universal resources that even insects are affected by.
I'm really unsure as to how much humans should be allowed to expand on one planet. Testing carrying capacity in real life is not a good idea. I'd like to avoid plagues, food shortages, water rationing, and of course all the political ramifications of all of that.
#11
Posted 10 November 2008 - 10:48 AM
#12
Posted 10 November 2008 - 10:50 AM
I'm really unsure as to how much humans should be allowed to expand on one planet. Testing carrying capacity in real life is not a good idea. I'd like to avoid plagues, food shortages, water rationing, and of course all the political ramifications of all of that.
Yea, most estimates put it at around 9 billion being the capacity we could theoretically maintain while also maintaining a reasonable standard of living. Obviously if we did make it to 50+ billion then whoever was alive would not have a life anywhere near like what we currently enjoy, even in the worst parts of the world
#13
Posted 10 November 2008 - 12:53 PM
Oh that's always annoyed me. It's understandable of course, but still annoying to me. They have no clue what cold really is until they get to the upper Midwest or further.
#14
Posted 10 November 2008 - 12:57 PM
What do you guys think is cold?
#15
Posted 10 November 2008 - 12:59 PM
#16
Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:29 PM
It was 65 here.
Everyone wore coats today
#17
Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:48 PM
Biggest thing I don't like about us is our short lifespan. People don't think long-term enough and I blame it on us living 70ish years (if we're lucky). We gotta stick some turtle or parrot dna in our own.
I didn't realize parrots were particularly amazing.. how long do they live?
#18
Posted 10 November 2008 - 01:54 PM
#19
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:00 PM
Most live like... 50 years, though, right?
#20
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:32 PM
Anyway, I'd like to become one of the genetic engineers that makes cyborgs an everyday sight.
#21
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:34 PM
Anyway, I'd like to become one of the genetic engineers that makes cyborgs an everyday sight.
Wouldn't cyborgs more require regular engineers than genetic ones?
#22
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:35 PM
You have to make it so your willpower can operate your nerves which can operate the machinery. It's been done already but not on a large scale.
#23
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:37 PM
You have to make it so your willpower can operate your nerves which can operate the machinery. It's been done already but not on a large scale.
I don't think any genetic engineering is required for that
#24
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:39 PM
#25
Posted 10 November 2008 - 02:40 PM
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