PsychoSarah
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Evolution has no goals of producing specific organisms. What reproduces and survives successfully is what persists, no more, no less. Humans were not an inevitability.
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Evolution has no goals of producing specific organisms. What reproduces and survives successfully is what persists, no more, no less. Humans were not an inevitability.If you look at the evolution of evolution, doesn't it seem like it was all (in preparation for) the rise of mankind (humankind)...?
Or not...?
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A humanoid like race was... That could do what humans could do...Evolution has no goals of producing specific organisms. What reproduces and survives successfully is what persists, no more, no less. Humans were not an inevitability.
No. In fact, if oxygen levels had remained at about 15%, chances are no intelligent organisms would have evolved, due to the oxygen needs of large brains.A humanoid like race was... That could do what humans could do...
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Yeah, but, they didn't... and that might have been part of the evolution of the environment to...?No. In fact, if oxygen levels had remained at about 15%, chances are no intelligent organisms would have evolved, due to the oxygen needs of large brains.
Why is that inevitable?A humanoid like race was... That could do what humans could do...
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I haven't seen any reason to presume the purpose of the environment was to make intelligence. The fact that only one species (and possibly its nearest extinct relatives) had been able to develop technology and high intelligence and millions and millions haven't seems like a slam dunk.Yeah, but, they didn't... and that might have been part of the evolution of the environment to...?
So, you think we are rare, that "millions and millions haven't", huh, (and I would ask you how you arrived at that conclusion) And, even if were, that, "one in millions", even one in millions could be very, very many, considering the entire universe that is...Why is that inevitable?
Sine slight climate problems could have wiped out humanity (or recent ancestors) before we got a chance to spread over the planet.
The other primates are smart and have hands, but just don't seem to have the pressure and opportunity to become as intelligent as us.
And nothing else even seems close to becoming an intelligent, technological species.
I haven't seen any reason to presume the purpose of the environment was to make intelligence. The fact that only one species (and possibly its nearest extinct relatives) had been able to develop technology and high intelligence and millions and millions haven't seems like a slam dunk.
-_- the elevated oxygen levels we currently enjoy have existed for such a short part of Earth's history that I highly doubt these elevated levels were "a given". We know why the oxygen levels skyrocketed (thanks to a massive increase in the biomass of plants), which wasn't guaranteed to happen by any means.Yeah, but, they didn't... and that might have been part of the evolution of the environment to...?
So you think the Oxygen levels will change soon...? How soon/long...?-_- the elevated oxygen levels we currently enjoy have existed for such a short part of Earth's history that I highly doubt these elevated levels were "a given". We know why the oxygen levels skyrocketed (thanks to a massive increase in the biomass of plants), which wasn't guaranteed to happen by any means.
They already have changed. At their peak, oxygen levels on this planet sat at 30%. Currently, it's about 20%. With us poisoning the oceans, which provide 70% of the oxygen produced each year, we could be seeing some drastic drops fairly soon.So you think the Oxygen levels will change soon...? How soon/long...?
Oh, really, one more way we might destroy ourselves huh...?They already have changed. At their peak, oxygen levels on this planet sat at 30%. Currently, it's about 20%. With us poisoning the oceans, which provide 70% of the oxygen produced each year, we could be seeing some drastic drops fairly soon.
It looked that way for the dinosaurs for a few millions of years.If you look at the evolution of evolution, doesn't it seem like it was all (in preparation for) the rise of mankind (humankind)...?
Or not...?
Comments...?
God Bless!
Our imagination is our greatness.
Your not getting it, the biological innovations and biological development or evolution in all species over time, man is the ultimate culmination of all those developments in all animal life over time...It looked that way for the dinosaurs for a few millions of years.
To say that man is the "Ultimate culmination" of the evolutionary process is just a different flavor of the age-old christian notion that "we are the last generation, the second coming is just around the corner". Or the supposed end of history.Your not getting it, the biological innovations and biological development or evolution in all species over time, man is the ultimate culmination of all those developments in all animal life over time..
I think, no matter what happens (almost), their will always be a remnant or at least a handful of us left to keep the spirit alive and rebuild, reorganize and repopulate and carry on the advances of the species, I think...To say that man is the "Ultimate culmination" of the evolutionary process is just a different flavor of the age-old christian notion that "we are the last generation, the second coming is just around the corner". Or the supposed end of history.
Face it, we are nothing. We aren't anything special and when our species is through, the only thing that remains is a thin layer of non-degradable plastics and radioactive isotopes for coming species to discover.
Life is just a fancy way of the universe evening out energy towards heat death. That's the only culmination.
Sometimes a big decimation of the population is or might be just the world's this world's way to cleanse itself from time to time...I think, no matter what happens (almost), their will always be a remnant or at least a handful of us left to keep the spirit alive and rebuild, reorganize and repopulate and carry on the advances of the species, I think...
To say that man is the "Ultimate culmination" of the evolutionary process is just a different flavor of the age-old christian notion that "we are the last generation, the second coming is just around the corner". Or the supposed end of history.
Face it, we are nothing. We aren't anything special and when our species is through, the only thing that remains is a thin layer of non-degradable plastics and radioactive isotopes for coming species to discover.
Life is just a fancy way of the universe evening out energy towards heat death. That's the only culmination.
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