Your Opinion on Humanity.
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True. My point is, the few awesome humans start to be hard to pick out of the hoard when there's a lot of lesser ones floating around. From a complete outside view I imagine we would start to blur together until you look closely.zehydra said:
Can't lose faith in that which you were brought up to never have, my friend.Toriver said:
Anyways, no, that isn't the point of this thread. I asked a question, and people are answering it, simple as that. The thought of "lost my faith in humanity" didn't actually occur to me until you brought it up to be honest.
In all seriousness, I'd be appalled to think that Natural Selection could really be true, because humanity as a whole is so stubborn that people won't let people die off on their own rather than selectively killing or reviving them.
Plus, the resulting mix of human traits would make the average person so schizophrenic that the overall morality of humanity would be very hard to pin down. In the end, humanity is so evolved that the reactions to their own self-consciousness would upset the balance of Natural Selection and eventually tear them to shreds. Thus their extinction 50 years ago.
The answer: If humanity can be restored, make sure they cannot undertake any actions that would hinder their side of Natural Selection. Otherwise, let them stay extinct and hope that our species does not suffer the same fate, because we're clearly self-conscious, too.
PS. When I say Natural Selection, I don't mean breeding the 'master race'. I simply mean an honest evolution of races better suited to their environment. Like you would see with any other species in the universe.
Plus, the resulting mix of human traits would make the average person so schizophrenic that the overall morality of humanity would be very hard to pin down. In the end, humanity is so evolved that the reactions to their own self-consciousness would upset the balance of Natural Selection and eventually tear them to shreds. Thus their extinction 50 years ago.
The answer: If humanity can be restored, make sure they cannot undertake any actions that would hinder their side of Natural Selection. Otherwise, let them stay extinct and hope that our species does not suffer the same fate, because we're clearly self-conscious, too.
PS. When I say Natural Selection, I don't mean breeding the 'master race'. I simply mean an honest evolution of races better suited to their environment. Like you would see with any other species in the universe.
I would love them. Everything they do is extraordinary. I would be so disappointed that they never realized their potential. Their culture would fascinate me. Asking so many questions so passionately, and expressing their thoughts and feelings in every way they could sense and, sometimes, beyond what they could as well. I think my favorite part would be how they beamed radio waves into space because they hoped that by some small chance, I would detect it and come meet them.
Considering the sheer amount of resource exploitation needed to get decent space travel (and don't give me "There's a simpler way with different resources!", because I'm positive there isn't), I'd probably think "Holy cow, these people went green really quick."
And considering the amount of warfare, defense techniques and death that are required to scramble your way to the top of the species list (ie. be the species that would do space travel), I'd think "Wow, these people were pretty peace-loving, all things considered."
And considering sheer amount of social awareness that's EXPLODED in the past century, I'd think "Wow, these people were really starting to care for each other."
Then our crew would locate an old internet server farm, boot it up, go scanning through the files, and think "Wow, these people sure hated themselves. No wonder they went extinct."
And considering the amount of warfare, defense techniques and death that are required to scramble your way to the top of the species list (ie. be the species that would do space travel), I'd think "Wow, these people were pretty peace-loving, all things considered."
And considering sheer amount of social awareness that's EXPLODED in the past century, I'd think "Wow, these people were really starting to care for each other."
Then our crew would locate an old internet server farm, boot it up, go scanning through the files, and think "Wow, these people sure hated themselves. No wonder they went extinct."
I'd be pretty appalled and disgusted to be honest. My view on humanity is... less than positive.
I HIGHLY doubt the human race will go extinct any time soon, but I can be hypothetical.
Well assuming this alien is part of a race driven by logic not unlike our own, I would believe them to be a species of extraordinary potential. Every year they progressed inch by inch in technology, their society in constant flux with constants and variables. I would be impressed how far the species would go to further their progress in the chain of order that is the universe.
Then, I would blow up the planet because I was part of the technologically superior alien race than could drive the humans to extinction. Short of that, the humans aren't going anywhere for a long, long time.
Well assuming this alien is part of a race driven by logic not unlike our own, I would believe them to be a species of extraordinary potential. Every year they progressed inch by inch in technology, their society in constant flux with constants and variables. I would be impressed how far the species would go to further their progress in the chain of order that is the universe.
Then, I would blow up the planet because I was part of the technologically superior alien race than could drive the humans to extinction. Short of that, the humans aren't going anywhere for a long, long time.
I don't know how I would look at humanity objectively. As a human, I look at us as a force of overall good and a superior force to that of nature.
Ambivalent. Likely, my culture evolved along similar lines. We just happened to get lucky and not nuke ourselves before we could preserve our species. One must remember that the first goal of a species, in general, is to preserve their race. The first goal of each member of that species is to preserve their specific genetic line. That often means competition for mates and resources. In the case of humanity, they took that competition a few years too far and ended up falling in to extinction. In the case of 'my' people, we managed to resolve our resource competition, either through expansion in to space, development of alternate resources, or a war that didn't result in nuclear holocaust.
Admittedly, many humans do seem to be rather stupid, but they seem like they were a remarkably inventive and resourceful race, which seemed to make up for that relative stupidity on many occasions. Violent, yes, but most young races are. It's a shame they couldn't preserve their race before destroying themselves.
Admittedly, many humans do seem to be rather stupid, but they seem like they were a remarkably inventive and resourceful race, which seemed to make up for that relative stupidity on many occasions. Violent, yes, but most young races are. It's a shame they couldn't preserve their race before destroying themselves.
Bill Maher & Charlie Brooker have helped me give up on humanity entirely. I hope our race doesn't last another 1000 years, thought it surely will...
Eh, humanity was OK. I've yet to see another species do any better... except the ants of course.
It's too bad the humans didn't devote more time to fighting the ants, after all they were vastly outnumbered and yet it still took them by surprise when the ants rose up and took over.
It's too bad the humans didn't devote more time to fighting the ants, after all they were vastly outnumbered and yet it still took them by surprise when the ants rose up and took over.
I'd think the universe had a very close shave. Humans were merciless, killed their own kind, and spread across the world alarmingly fast, killing and destroying whatever lay in their path and setting up huge hives everywhere. This made them viciously effective. Massive in fighting encouraged survival of the fittest and most brutal. Upon seeing any unrecognised life forms, humanity would go into a bloody rage.
Thank our alien god, kryten, that they foolhardily scrapped their major space flight plans in 2011. Otherwise, they would of spread across the universe like a plague of locusts.
Thank our alien god, kryten, that they foolhardily scrapped their major space flight plans in 2011. Otherwise, they would of spread across the universe like a plague of locusts.
