Re: [asa] Re: Endgame

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Dehler, Bernie <bernie.dehler@intel.com> wrote:
> "Otherwise, the 'endgame' we can say is already really 'ended.'"
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> As far as I know, everyone who accepts biological evolution also thinks that
> biology is still evolving- we have seen the end of nothing, biologically.
> And if we stay on earth for another 1 to 3 million years, then I'd expect to
> see some major biological changes. And knowing humans, these biological
> changes WILL be directed/influenced by the human mind (known as "intelligent
> design," I suppose) via human genetic engineering.

Bernie,
I am delighted to be able to agree with you on something!

But let me ask a hypothetical. Lets say visitors from another galaxy
visit human space 3 million years from now, long after humans have
vanished and their cities crumbled to dust, and start poking into the
nature of things left behind. Lets assume they start looking for the
origins of those Kemps Cows that generate such delicious chocolate or
strawberry milk directly from the udder.

1. Will alien scientists be able to tell that humans, or perhaps some
other intelligence, diddled with life and the evolutionary process
over the previous 3 million years?

2. If they propose examining this phenomena, will they be told
science cannot examine the evidence and therefore they aren't really
doing science?

3. Will some among them tell them that if they look for evidence of
human diddling they are really doing religion?

Oh if only I had a time machine!

Of course reasonable people will disagree about these possibilities,
both then and now.

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Received on Tue Feb 3 00:07:20 2009