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Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by hackrmn »

Joker_vD wrote: post #16
samrus wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Implies intelligent design I think its rather some mutations that produced more reelin and created the most successful animal in earth's history

I'd really rather liked it if that supposedly "intelligent" designer took a bit more time at designing the urogenital tract of human males.

Hey, $DEITY did its absolute best with the constraints and the requirements. But hey, can't please everyone apparently. Be happy you can relieve yourself well past the intended warranty period. The parts were designed to be easily _aftermarket_ replaceable with sufficient advances in technology, retaining the fundamental design without changes.

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by cluckindan »

Nevermark wrote: post #12
mapleoin wrote: post #10

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Or significant architectural changes without scaling up.

Or a single magic mutation. And if we ran an experiment where we gave it to some apes…

Let’s observe their reactions to a big slab of obsidian.

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by lexicality »

Joker_vD wrote: post #16
samrus wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Implies intelligent design I think its rather some mutations that produced more reelin and created the most successful animal in earth's history

I'd really rather liked it if that supposedly "intelligent" designer took a bit more time at designing the urogenital tract of human males.

I'd like it if the vagus nerve didn't do a loop around my neck for no particular reason. (Giraffes would probably like that even more)

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by codeulike »

Joker_vD wrote: post #16
samrus wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Implies intelligent design I think its rather some mutations that produced more reelin and created the most successful animal in earth's history

I'd really rather liked it if that supposedly "intelligent" designer took a bit more time at designing the urogenital tract of human males.

mine seems ok what version are you on

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by vintermann »

Nevermark wrote: post #13
Miraltar wrote: post #7

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The most successful animal by what metric?

The most successful at communicating their view that they are the most successful. Whether they are or not. But that means they are. By that metric. Has another animal proposed they are more successful by a different metric? Crickets?

> The most successful at communicating their view that they are the most successful

To who? Other humans?

It's seagull mating season where I am, and I don't speak seagull, but I'm pretty sure one of the things they're trying to convey to their fellow seagulls is that they're extremely successful.

Can't argue with it either. They're very much alive, which is the best you can be in this particular competition.

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by somewhatgoated »

littlestymaar wrote: post #20
woadwarrior01 wrote: post #14

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Merely implies a very good fitness function.

Yes. Though according this fitness function we're not necessarily more successful than a jellyfish or a tapeworm.

Arguably much less successful since jellyfish have been around 700+ million years ands it’s not clear if humans will make it even the next couple thousand. But the jury is still out on that one

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by cindyllm »

somewhatgoated wrote: post #26
littlestymaar wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Though according this fitness function we're not necessarily more successful than a jellyfish or a tapeworm.

Arguably much less successful since jellyfish have been around 700+ million years ands it’s not clear if humans will make it even the next couple thousand. But the jury is still out on that one

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Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by randallsquared »

tomxor wrote: post #18
totomz wrote: post #11

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Some of us don't spend days looking for food, don't die of cold, and survive the flu... aaand we have Quake and Comand&Conquer - Red Alert

> aaand we have Quake and Comand&Conquer - Red Alert Agreed, it would seem that evolutionary biology peaked in the late 90s then

As related in the documentary _The Matrix_.

Re: Human Accelerated Region 1

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Post by curiousObject »

utopiah wrote: post #6
red75prime wrote: post #2

Interesting. So, the human brain is the scaled-up monkey brain with significant architectural changes.

What was the alternative?

Evolution would design the alternative to be something slightly less capable than the minimum. /s

Really, the likelihood is that these mutations must have had an impact that far outweighs their space in the genome.

That’s how all our close competition got murdered by Homo Sapiens. Just significant difference in mental abilities.

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