Richard Dawkins: Has Technology Changed Human Evolution?

uknowispeaksense Says:

Jul 23, 2011 - cont... explain why things appeared to have common descent. The fact that the theory of evolution coupled with other theories like continental drift/plate tectonics and island biogeography etc and their accumulated evidence is so strong it makes the idea of god creating everything as it is and noah's ark etc appear far-fetched at best. Now you might want to put the existence of god into the scientific arena but the onus will be on you providing testable evidence 4 his/her existence

unamaxify Says:

Jul 31, 2011 - technology might ultimately fix bad genes & become part of evolution in a way

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nickrohn93 Says:

Aug 14, 2011 - He's nearly 71 now.

JZZ31 Says:

Aug 27, 2011 - he still looks 50 something!

wojovox Says:

Sep 21, 2011 - Is that a blue-footed boobie on his tie?

Patience1138 Says:

Sep 28, 2011 - Come again?

SpencerBenedict2nd Says:

Oct 1, 2011 - Dead-to-the-spirit deluded "God Delusion" author & blithering fool scientist goon Richard Dawkins another "leader" given to the profane masses is another useful idiot for Jesuit machinations-C.O.Jesuitical: pertaining to the Jesuits or their principals; designing; cunning; deceitful; prevaricatingThe Jesuit Order completely altered the education system to suit their Evo-Hoax agenda to discredit the Bible. They cant have a Satanic society of 'Do as Thou Wilt' if people still follow the Bible

k8k8k8er Says:

Oct 15, 2011 - sorry i have no idea what u r refering to?if u r refering to the supposet migration of kangaros from mideast to austrailia or the polar bear from mideast to north pole. then i have to say that is just rediculous, a there is no evidence of their existance in mideast or their migration from there. i hope this answer ur question. just imagining a polar bear in mideast is ridiculous enough. lol

Patience1138 Says:

Oct 15, 2011 - lol I don't even remember what this is from.

pburto Says:

Nov 2, 2011 - We ARE evolving... through technology. We are becoming cyborgs. We are already dependent upon technology to survive. If you don't believe me, try sleeping naked in a cave, then go find some food to survive until tomorrow. ALL OTHER mammals can do such things very easily... except we humans find it very difficult. We would have mass extinctions without cars and WalMart. In fact, money itself is a human invention.

k8k8k8er Says:

Nov 10, 2011 - this is from the assumpsion that if according to the bible, torah or quaran the world was covered completely by water and only noah was able to gather EVERY animal onto his boat. and if he landed somewhere in mideast, then there should be an evidence of ALL animals living or migrating from mideast to their various location that they occupy today. and theres aboslutely no evidence of a polar bear or kangaro being in mideast or the route from mideast to north pole or australia.

Patience1138 Says:

Nov 10, 2011 - Okay, I remember this now. Wow, it HAS been a while! As I have yet to do my own research on this particular scenario, I choose to refrain from answering at this time. I hope that you understand.

PutrydByle Says:

Nov 27, 2011 - His points are valid enough, but he doesn't really address the question. I'd be very interested to hear what someone with his expertise has to say about potential technological influences on current and future human evolutionary developments.

billroscoe76 Says:

Dec 16, 2011 - Chew on this anti-theists: science could very well have brought mankind into the brink of extinction. The issue is EMP, of which NASA heavily warns is the most likely doomsday scenario... scientists proved a hypothesis Enrico Fermi had that EMP would be the result of a nuclear weapon. We have known about this since 1953. Now, science fails: instead of controlling the frailty of items that use micro electronics, we are set up for a massive upheaval if and WHEN a gamma ray burst hits us AGAIN.

billroscoe76 Says:

Dec 16, 2011 - Nasa says, too, a Hiroshima sized bomb dropped in the upper atmosphere above heartland America will cause our entire electrical grid to fail So what was your "poster boy" scientists thinking knowing the danger of unshielded electronics... Our military: less than 5% of hardware used can survive an EMP attack or burst. Within 30 days of total grid failure, millions will start to die (no fuel pump, waterpump, rotted food, no water, riots, mayhem, anarchy..." That's science for you.

ec123456789able Says:

Dec 27, 2011 - I personally believe that we have evolved to a point where manual genetic engineering will take over. I don't particularly like the idea of parents choosing what their children look like, but if it can be used to wipe out defects then I say that is a good thing.

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 26, 2012 - I tottaly agree with you, but after a certain point parents will choose how their children will look like. Think about gay people. They were secrative at the past. In the seventies they started opening up and, that's an important step, later on they became accepted (important because wiping out defects will get accepted somewhen). Now for the most important step, Gay marriage is allowed in a lot of countries. Let's call that progress (not in the traditional sense). I mean... (stay tuned for more

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 26, 2012 - I mean from A (not accepting either gay people themselves or wiping out defects) we go to B (accepting gay people, but not gay marriage/accepting wiping out defects, but not choosing how our children will look like) and then to C (ACCEPTING gay marriage and choosing how our children will look like)

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 26, 2012 - Now, I PEOPLE FAIL, not science. Science is a rifle. You can use it to kill the bear attacking you, or you can use it to kill "thy neighboor". Your choice how you'll use it.

ec123456789able Says:

May 26, 2012 - I personally believe that genetic engineering should be for a person to do to themselves, not for people to do to their children. I think that could lead to parents being too selective, and the world could end up much worse off.I think that genetic engineering, or genetic modification should be something that could be offered to people who wanted to improve their bodies in a way they see fit.I am a Transhumanist. I believe that we can go beyond our current biology, and should be allowed to.

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 27, 2012 - I do not disagree. I'm just stating that this is what I think's gonna happen

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 27, 2012 - Look at your body; You can't run fast, you don't have camouflage, your eyesight is significantly worse than other animal's. What you have to survive is your brain. Using it you created clothes. Using it you lit fire. That is why your and mine and everybody's ancestors have survived to this day. Cause we can think. Also, I'm not so sure what is it that you are suggesting, abandoning our homes? Cuting the wires of electicity? Shuttin down supermarkets?

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 27, 2012 - First of all, you should use punctuation... Second of all, did God put fossils there so "He" could test our faith? Third of all, the pope did accept evolution, and the church's stance is that of a theistic evolution, called evolutionary creation. Third of all, he got evidence, you don't. Fourth of all, read "The Selfish Gene". Fifth of all, the differnce between us and you is that we are able to change stance if we are provided with evidence. You are not. That's what makes you a fundamentalist.

DrSheldonCooper100 Says:

May 27, 2012 - And it's atheists, not anti-theists. Its Greek