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Originally posted by Deus Ex Machina 42
Sadly, our species won't make it for much longer at the rate we'll going. There' so many things in humanity's way in these coming years that I want to believe we, as species will be able to make it through all this... but at this point in time, and the type of world we sadly live in, I don't see it happening unfortunately.
To come all this way and for nothing... we'll not even going to be able to make it off this planet, let alone colonize space and other planets...
What a shame. God help us all.
Now look at where you are today.. Awakened, enlightened, more aware, ready to handle a lot of the things discussed here far more than you ever were..
No longer is physical fitness the only way to survive, grow, evolve.. Intelligence and ability to change, personal and spiritual developments are now major factors.
Gone are the days of being the strongest hunter bringing home the biggest beast.
Originally posted by fapython
I think that the external stuff is )ust a reflection and a result of our evolution and not part of evolution parsee. I also think we should stop thinking that we are constantly evolving as solid fact, I believe we are infact de-volving as can be seen in reflection of our society/civilisations today, moraly corrupting, greed, rising crime rates, focus on individual instead of the community. I think that it's up to our governments to bring in legislation to protect our civilisation and to try and reverse the process of devolution. I also believe that contibuting factors are multiculturalism and race-mixing which is also destroying civilisation and should be halted.
Originally posted by Extralien
The best example of this is "The Earth is flat and we will all die if we sail off the edge" to just one man thinking the Earth is round.. and now we ALL know and believe the world to be round.. As such, we all now sail and fly all over this globe.
Originally posted by Extralien
Originally posted by SaraThustra
If evolution were real and not just a theory Steven Hawking would be the first to go. More Bull#.
Just by asking that simple question "if" is evolution as described in this thread.
"If i did this" or "If the sky fell" are methods of working out your best options as to what to do next.
Survival is instinct and "if" plays a big part in it.
It appears you answered your own question.. but did not realise it.
Originally posted by jackflap
reply to post by John Matrix
Could it be that Hawking is actually referring to the Indigo people? There are those that believe the Indigos are our next step in human evolution. Anyone ever hear of this?
Originally posted by fapython
I think that the external stuff is )ust a reflection and a result of our evolution and not part of evolution parsee. I believe we are infact de-volving as can be seen in reflection of our society/civilisations today, moraly corrupting, greed, rising crime rates, focus on individual instead of the community. I think that it's up to our governments to bring in legislation to protect our civilisation and to try and reverse the process of devolution. I also believe that contibuting factors are multiculturalism and race-mixing which is also destroying civilisation and should be halted.
The only observable evidence for any possible evolution is the existence of people who have overcome their selfish false ego and who have the power to manifest divine characteristics, such as humility, forgiveness, kindness, patience, love, etc.
But we are now entering a new phase, of what Hawking calls "self designed evolution," in which we will be able to change and improve our DNA.
Originally posted by maria_stardust
reply to post by John Matrix
The only observable evidence for any possible evolution is the existence of people who have overcome their selfish false ego and who have the power to manifest divine characteristics, such as humility, forgiveness, kindness, patience, love, etc.
Divine characteristics... Really?
I've always considered these to be attributes strongly rooted in the human condition...
By the way, exactly what is "selfish false ego"? It sounds practically Philistine. Now if you'd like to talk some scary mojo we could always consider the Id. Talk about introspection.
Hawking goes on to state:
Originally posted by maria_stardust
reply to post by John Matrix
The problem regarding your argument is that you're trying to mix your personal belief system, which falls squarely in the realm of metaphysics (philosophy, if you will), with science. That's like attempting to mix oil with water. The two simply don't mesh together, as they are two completely different things.