"Jim Ford"  wrote in message
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> Just come into this thread.
>
> Q: What's next in human evolution?
> A: Extinction!
>
> Why? A number of reasons, but probably the most likely is
that as a result
> of our activities, the environment is changing at an ever
increasing rate,
> and we won't be able to adapt or get off the planet fast
enough. The worst
> bit is that we will take many/most other higher organisms
with us to
> oblivion. It's not _our_ environment to f**k up - we share
it with other
> 'citizens' of this planet!
>
> Not particularly scientific - just the way I feel about
it!
>
> Regards: Jim Ford

Not particularly optimistic either--more like the glass is
half empty. Do you think we are incapable of change? Do you
think technology increases will make environmental
protection easier and cheaper in the future? I do, and
history has borne this out. Population is also slowly
decreasing in first-world countries-presumably due to tech
change and higher standard of living and resultant birth
control measures--this is a cultural change and a powerful
meme in today's world.

As for humans, are you dismissing the potential for humans
to launch a dedicated space project to terraform and
populate Mars and several potential moons--and even building
and launching interstellar generation ships eventually to
begin populating the galaxy? I think even the latter is
possible within another millennium. Also, in the relatively
near future humans may well become obselete, many opting to
form new species through genetic engineering--such "people"
will be able to function and live in modestly alien
environments, carrying the legacy of the human race on to
new scientific and technological heights.
I think the glass is more than half full!
.....tonyC
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