AzurePhoenix

That never fails to provide valuable insights, but where do we get long enough sticks? But what are these "Dark Stars" anyway? A hole torn by a collapsing star through which this dark energy flows? Some featureless blob? I'm facinated but utterly clueless.

There are too mny subjects here to test fairly. For instance, I'd fail any math beyond advanced arithemetic, which I can't even spell.

He should realize that the majority of the planet falls between 95 and 110. Yay!! My first semi-successful thread has picked up some hostility. It's the American dream!!

Here in the USA we hand out medicine like candy, but our doctors get pissed if we stop taking our antibiotics too early cuz it gives the little buggers a chance to survive and adapt.

Would certain genetic diseases be less prolific?

I possess a very farsighted streak of cynicism. At this time it is not an issue, but as long as we continue to allow those with disease and disorder carrying genes to have children when nature would have selected against them long before maturity, we certainly aren't doing their ancestors any good. Recessive diseases could hypothetically spread throughout the species before they're noticed in bulk. Who really knows? With regards to evolutionary paths and cycles, humans stand alone. The normal rules don't apply to us. Whether that's good or bad, who can say at this point? Also, I'd like it to be known that besides the congenital entropy remark, that particular post from before was purely obnoxious smart-aleckness. Don't read too deep into it. Better yet, can anyone delete it?

Of course, hence the basis of the hypothetical situation. They lack the money, so can't afford genetic modification, so eventually become left behind in the gene race, not so much as becoming inferior, but rather not becoming superior. Yeah, that makes a whole lotta sense....

I don't actually believe what I typed Newtonian. Human society and politics, as well as basic "human ecology" are way too complicated for something like what I ever described to occur. Besides, if the elderly are helathy enough, we could find something productive for them to do. Imagine, we could fight all our wars exclusively with the elderly!!

Anything's possible if we utilize our greatest weapon. The power of IMAGINATION!! Eh, I myself am an uber-cynic, but I dislike people more, so my little fantasy fulfills my desires.

I'll take a shot at it. The poor are genetically inferior. They remain poor, numbers dwindle, the rich become Spliced and fully dominant, and their livelihood becomes protected to maintain the order of the higher class Spliced people. Eventually, the population is exclusively composed of the Spliced, and the world is a better place, wth healthy people, and a good system for society. No one ever becomes poor again. The human race get's back on track in regards to advancing genes (though through artificial selection rather than natural) we become stronger gene-wise, healthier, and the race is saved from a long slow death by congenital entropy. Extinction is no longer an issue. Everyone is happy.

Is there a link to this subject? I need a good laugh.

Yay!!!! Alan Jackson!!!!

That's a good thing. Right? Guess it depends on your view of society and civilization.

I'm gonna vomit. We get it Christ Slave. But I think crims would like thoughts from a biological standpoint.

Maybe it should be lumped in a "Philosophy and Theology" Forum. Whatever. I trust your judgement. I'm just so anxious to find out what the surprise changes are!

Agreed, but it'd be nice to have an innately genetic bedrock, just in case.

I'd want my kids to be like me psychologically. I just don't deal well with normal people, and thus would severely traumatize normal children, probably creating a new breed of Super Serial Killers. I'd want them to be intelligent, rational and motivated, but thoughtful, cynical, and noble in a humble way, with a good streak of twisted humor in them. We'd make such a happy family. Most of all, I'd want to engineer them to be as healthy as possible . What loving parent wouldn't want that for their kids?

Can't say, but a lion is sure to be more successful genetically than a tiger or jaguar. Entire prides are made up of sisters, aunts, mothers, and grandmothers, who work together to try ensure the survival of as many cubs as possible.

Lionesses. Grrrr

What did I write.......... Oh crap. I do that sometimes. I type things out so fast, and when I look back, I miss the major mistakes, but catch the little ones. Thanx, I'll fix it now...

Actually I live on soup and sea food in addition to bread (a meal of shrimp scampi, minestrone, and sourdough is the epitome of living). I've never had roasted "God's Word" before, and frankly, it doesn't sound very filling. And also, you've forever ruined apples for me. I can just imagine holding the apple, and seeing my reflection in it's shiny skin screaming tinnily "Heeeeelllllllllpppppp Mmmmmeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!"

I agree with cal. We help others in ways that ensure poor or deadly genes survive, even thrive in the human gene pool. Natural selection would be nice, perhaps even the best course to take, but modern tech sort of hinders that. Therefore, artificial selection is the only viable answer (not through killing unworthies, but through "breeding licenses").

Too bad. I'm always lookin' for new record breaking animals in any category

Does anyone know of a link with descriptions or even images of theoretical ecosystems, multi-cellular organisms, or even dead but unique terrains on extrasolar planets?

I've recently read that if the giant sauropods were indeed ectothermic, they might have required upwards of two hundred years to reach sexual maturity, especially the true behemoths like Argentinosaurus or the allegedly enormous Amphecoelias. Could an adolescence of that length actually have been possible? And if so, what might their actual full life expectancy have been?