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In reply to the discussion: Thoughts on the Evolution of Our Species. [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)48. You are the first in this thread, geez
And your communication skills show that you are not reading and replying but rather just being argumentative. Can't blame chervilant from ignoring you? Do you get that often?
The word was devolve. I meant it to be opposite of evolve which means change for more survivability. Devolve would be change for the worse. Evolve would be more adaptation, devolve less adaptation.
Until recent times humans were very adaptable. Now we are not so adaptable. Our changing of Earth's environment makes adaptability nearly impossible since our species won't be able to adapt to the changes we have wrought. Once the protective things we have invented blow up or can't be sustained any longer, our species is in for a world of hurt.
We are fixing to lose it.
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"Think of collapse as a new beginning." LORDY, I got flamed for saying the same thing.
Zalatix
May 2012
#3
Here's one for you. Is the universe really expanding, or is everything in it just shrinking?
Warren DeMontague
May 2012
#72
Nuclear war could count for your 1st point; but that wasn't in the OP
muriel_volestrangler
May 2012
#38
You're the one nitpicking over the use of a noun versus a verb, or synonyms
muriel_volestrangler
May 2012
#50
As long as we set the criteria for judgment, you're right. OTOH, I think Douglas Adams
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#46
Okay, I'm done busting a gut here. In all seriousness, here is why you are so wrong.
Zalatix
May 2012
#49
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
When people talk about saving the earth, they're really talking about saving us.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#55
Lots more species have come and gone before humans appeared in the very recent past.
FarCenter
May 2012
#61