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muriel_volestrangler

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29. Read your OP again

Fri May 4, 2012, 04:41 PM

May 2012

"Do I think we humans are experiencing a critical tipping point in our evolution as a species? You bet".

Then you've changed that to "has passed a tipping point". Which is probably even worse as a claim. It what way is our species fundamentally different to how we used to be?

Yes, there are plenty of environmental problems in the world today. Environmental problems are not new, though. Groups have ruined their agricultural land, depleted animal resources, cut down all their forests, and so on. I don't think shortsightedness is something brand new for humans.

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Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species. [View all] chervilant May 2012 OP

This. hunter May 2012 #1

Right RobertEarl May 2012 #2

"Think of collapse as a new beginning." LORDY, I got flamed for saying the same thing. Zalatix May 2012 #3

I can see your point chervilant May 2012 #6

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Time? Time is nothing RobertEarl May 2012 #32

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describe a 'soul' RobertEarl May 2012 #36

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no RobertEarl May 2012 #43

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heh RobertEarl May 2012 #71

Here's one for you. Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking? Warren DeMontague May 2012 #72

Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking? RobertEarl May 2012 #78

Evolution, or devolution? flvegan May 2012 #4

"evolution as a species"? That sounds biological muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #5

Actually, chervilant May 2012 #7

It's because you say "as a species" muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #12

Leave no nit un-picked... GliderGuider May 2012 #13

The 'nit' is in the thread title muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #15

"things are going to be very different" can be a very valuable message GliderGuider May 2012 #16

Furthermore, chervilant May 2012 #20

Well, now, chervilant May 2012 #19

It's easily arguable muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #23

Wow. chervilant May 2012 #25

Read your OP again muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #29

Butting in here RobertEarl May 2012 #34

Nuclear war could count for your 1st point; but that wasn't in the OP muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #38

Extinction? RobertEarl May 2012 #42

You, in reply #2: "if humans go extinct" muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #45

You are the first in this thread, geez RobertEarl May 2012 #48

You're the one nitpicking over the use of a noun versus a verb, or synonyms muriel_volestrangler May 2012 #50

What a great time to be alive! GliderGuider May 2012 #8

My absolute FAVE ending of a movie! n/t chervilant May 2012 #9

Same here. By the way GliderGuider May 2012 #10

Indeed!! chervilant May 2012 #21

+1000 Wind Dancer May 2012 #11

Thank you. chervilant May 2012 #17

The longer I live the more convinced I am that Gene Roddenberry hifiguy May 2012 #14

Having been a geek child, chervilant May 2012 #18

sometimes I get episodes of paralyzing fear about these things Whisp May 2012 #22

I think our problem in this arena is a lack of evolution. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #24

Compared to every other species Rittermeister May 2012 #39

As long as we set the criteria for judgment, you're right. OTOH, I think Douglas Adams Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #46

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Despite the questionable source, chervilant May 2012 #28

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As with ANY data chervilant May 2012 #31

Sorry, I'm laughing too hard to post a response Zalatix May 2012 #35

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Okay, I'm done busting a gut here. In all seriousness, here is why you are so wrong. Zalatix May 2012 #49

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Denial is your friend. Zalatix May 2012 #74

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Wait, you don't recall saying this? Zalatix May 2012 #79

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uh, yeah, just like greenhouse gases are relevant only to greenhouses. Zalatix May 2012 #81

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I'm not putting any words in your mouth. Zalatix May 2012 #83

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I believe civilization as we run it now is unsustainable. Zalatix May 2012 #86

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what you fail to understand is, it's not a question of a train wreck. The train IS the wreck. Warren DeMontague May 2012 #77

I will never understand the need people feel to insist that whatever their situation is 4th law of robotics May 2012 #37

I agree. a medieval peasant would love to have our problems. Odin2005 May 2012 #44

It's also becoming more backward, less communal. and less habitable. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #47

Well, now, chervilant May 2012 #51

When people talk about saving the earth, they're really talking about saving us. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #55

Wow! chervilant May 2012 #57

We still have time to make it better. raouldukelives May 2012 #52

Indeed, yes. chervilant May 2012 #53

K&R to read when I get back later! sabrina 1 May 2012 #54

Nature abhors the steady state FarCenter May 2012 #56

And extinction? chervilant May 2012 #58

While extinction is possible, it is not very probable FarCenter May 2012 #59

Yeah, chervilant May 2012 #63

and not just our extinction dana_b May 2012 #60

Lots more species have come and gone before humans appeared in the very recent past. FarCenter May 2012 #61

of course dana_b May 2012 #66

Which confirms that evolution really doesn't have a direction. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #62

Agreed. chervilant May 2012 #64

Lol, and we are just a blip in the timeline of life. Our existence is so short on the timeline of sabrina 1 May 2012 #65

Backatcha! chervilant May 2012 #67

Speaking of "evolution"... GliderGuider May 2012 #68

I think you would appreciate chervilant May 2012 #69

Oh yeah! I go all over smiles when I read Sahlins. GliderGuider May 2012 #75