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I wish we would evolve away the misconception that there's a large portion of the brain that goes unused, or that we would somehow function better if we could use every part of it at once. As if going into a cockpit and pushing all the buttons is the best way to pilot a plane...
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Well if you believe evolution is occurring because of survival of the fittest and the fittest have no wisdom teeth...ha ha! ...then here's to a wisdom toothless generation of the future.
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Well if you believe evolution is occurring because of survival of the fittest and the fittest have no wisdom teeth...ha ha! ...then here's to a wisdom toothless generation of the future.
I happen to have all of my wisdom teeth without a day of problems...so breeding with me will prolong the evolutionary process I guess.
If something could evolve out of people...I would want acne to go away.
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Evolution is failing.
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Evolution is failing.
Dinosaurs survived on rotting meat.
We get sick from eating at a fast food restaurant.
Wish away, though!!!
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Another arm that extends upward out of my upper back and hangs above my head like a crane.
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Evolution does not work in a way to intentionally improve its species. And common representations of evolution, such as the picture shown above, are also misinterpretations. Evolution is like the branching of a tree. The stair step process that some learn is false.
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I think it's a tough question because I believe that no matter what, we will face the same problems we always have. The evolution of body, mind or culture may not solve the compulsions of human nature, nor may it ever prove to create a utopian society which I hope and wish we all could strive for. Though it is an ideal just as rhetorical as this question, I think that if we all evolved to have a higher capacity to be efficient and to help others that'd be good enough for me. Sometimes the evolution of the mind, just as in our society now, does not mean all will use it nor does it mean that we will use it for moral reasons as well as one that embrace and further humanity or the things under it's guardianship.
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Speed up and understand our entire brain and how it functions. Imagine what we could do if we found out how to use 100% of our brains.
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I'd like to see the evolution of that part of our brain that evolved to respond instinctively to life threatening events with fight or flight. There's so much unnecessary violence today and life just doesn't require it most of the time - if only our instincts could catch up to our rational minds.
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Mind.
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Mind.
I'd like to see our minds evolve to a place where we would have the ability to very distinctly communicate certain kinds of ideas without the use of words. Overriding bursts of tangible energy that clearly illustrate intentions of arriving at a point and the interacting minds could constructively detail the discussion on a foundation of shared outcome.
Body
I'd like to have an on/off switch related to sleep. If I could just sleep for a solid 5 hours in a row and I could slot it into a very specific time; I'd be way more organised.
Spirit
I think a lot of the worlds issues would be instantly solved if we could get to a place where we could experience a genuine sense of receipt through expressing support outwardly. I think we are inherently selfish. It would be nice if we could be selfish for that feeling.
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I'd like to see the UK and USA evolve into being more like Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway - and end to the revenge and individualistic ego-driven consumerist BS culture and towards a civilised appreciation of the simpler pleasures.
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Turbo Abortions, like in 300.
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Turbo Abortions, like in 300.
If a baby comes out deformed or looking like it will grow up to contribute nothing, just trash it right then.
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I would love to finally "leave the beast behind".
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I would love to finally "leave the beast behind".
People have always been amazed at themselves for being so much more "special" than the other creatures of Earth, so justifying their assumption of lordship over all of it. It's true, there is a great deal of exceptionalism to Homo Sapiens -- language, humor, music, art, altruism -- but undeniably we're still animalistic apes, too, course, violent, selfish denizens of "the jungle" in much of what underlies our behavior. We'll compose a symphony, and also club someone to death in a "crime of passion". We'll engineer microprocessors and travel to the moon, but the impetus is advantage in warfare. It's been said men don't do anything at all that doesn't somehow ultimately contribute to getting laid, which just might be true.
Humanity appears to be a thing which is in transition, from "animal" to something greater, something we are moving toward but remain frustratingly distant from, between two things, but also tugged in both directions, a dichotomous position I observe reflected in what we might call "political attitudes". I'd prefer to avoid the highly charged political connotations of the labels I'll use here, and implore you to regard these in a classic behavioral sense, not a modern political one. What I'll call a "conservative" instinct places trust in and wishes to preserve what is, and is resistant to change. What I'll call a "progressive" instinct wishes to improve on what is, and places faith in and is motivated to pursue change. I think that some mix of both of these instincts exist in all people because together they impart more self-preservation than either would alone, but damn, does it make for a glacially slow and bitterly contentious tug-of-war slog toward our big-headed, hairless-bodied successor species (if we ever get there).
So condemned have one foot in the realm of "the beast" and one in that of some greater, nobler being, my impatience burns to finally pull that one leg out of the fetid muck of our ancestry and finally arrive at our greater promise.
P.S.:
How about dietary tolerance of fat, sugar and salt ?
Dieticians will tell you "we evolved to eat" grass and twigs and thrive on it, and too much steak, scotch and ice cream will kill you dead. Could we please evolve already to be healthy even with a decadent menu ?
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If I could fast-forward evolution, and if it were as easy as typing it, then I'd probably make it so that everyone could use their full brain capacity. I've heard that we only use a small percentage of our brain power when we're conscious, and people who are phenomonas probably use that area of their brains that the rest of us can't.
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If I could fast-forward evolution, and if it were as easy as typing it, then I'd probably make it so that everyone could use their full brain capacity. I've heard that we only use a small percentage of our brain power when we're conscious, and people who are phenomonas probably use that area of their brains that the rest of us can't.
But there would probably be setbacks to this. Evolution needs to happen bit by bit so that it's perfect and un-rushed, so that all the little kinks can be worked out. The process needs to happen, otherwise it wouldn't.
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I would remove the whole "body starts to break down" bit of it. And, of course, telepathy/psychic powers would be nice.
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I would remove the whole "body starts to break down" bit of it. And, of course, telepathy/psychic powers would be nice.
Really... it is the smallest things which cause us to start to age. Tinny, tiny.
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I wouldn't want to "speed up evolution" (if I can answer this in a semi-annoying way). Wouldn't that mean that some people don't reproduce and pass on their genes? That some folks die off? I guess the question is more geared towards mutations we'd like to see (biologists, feel free to jump in here).
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I wouldn't want to "speed up evolution" (if I can answer this in a semi-annoying way). Wouldn't that mean that some people don't reproduce and pass on their genes? That some folks die off? I guess the question is more geared towards mutations we'd like to see (biologists, feel free to jump in here).
So, taking this question a little bit more like which real life X-man/woman would we like to see next, I'd like to see.. people with the power to heal.. bodies and psyches.
In terms of culture.. yeah, if we became more oriented towards empathy, compassion, authenticity, kindness, while also keeping our competence, society would probably be for the better.
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I want to see everyone really really smart and over educated. That way nobody will have to do the jobs most of us are to good for.
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I'd fast track the evolution of our capacity for compassion and empathy. That's one feature that seems to be lagging behind on our current evolutionary curve.
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When gay marriage was banned in North Carolina, I saw a lot of people posting images from the civil right movement and saying how stupid those people looked who didn't want to integrate schools.
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