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[Stingray 9,441]

Yeh but it would be logical tbh, if you consider our whole history + Darwins idea's

Valid point, but from hindsight I think. Defining evolution as generating intellectual progress would mean that it is moving towards a goal. Based on Darwin's theory, evolution only moves to adapt and does not move towards creating a more intelligent species. So it can be known as an improvment in a certain environment and sometimes a specialization in a niche, it is just an adaptation to survive in the enviornment. But as species change so does the enviornment. So evolution is always happening and not towards a goal. Even if we see it that way now lookng back ....

[Mundaka 243]

We have long unchained from natural selection...

At the moment you could say that but really thats kinda in short-term, what if in lets say 500 years our inter glacial period is over and we have a worthy ice age again? (we are in an ice age atm)

[Mundaka 243]

Valid point, but from hindsight I think. Defining evolution as generating intellectual progress would mean that it is moving towards a goal. Based on Darwin's theory, evolution only moves to adapt and does not move towards creating a more intelligent species. So it can be known as an improvment in a certain environment and sometimes a specialization in a niche, it is just an adaptation to survive in the enviornment. But as species change so does the enviornment. So evolution is always happening and not towards a goal. Even if we see it that way now lookng back ....

Yeh check my edit

[Mundaka 243]

LHC @ geneve, while we are talking sience, what do you think of this beauty, was it worth building it?

[Stingray 9,441]

Awesome

[Backstreet09 499]

Here's an innocent question from me , After like so many billions upon billions of years, why are we the only species that shows evidence of intelligence in the unique and unparalled way that we do? Why haven’t other species been able to create stuff outside of their immediate instinct?

[Jype 6,398]

Fuck you guys, now I'm hungry after reading the last page and my fridge is empty.

[Mundaka 243]

Here's an innocent question from me , After like so many billions upon billions of years, why are we the only species that shows evidence of intelligence in the unique and unparalled way that we do? Why haven’t other species been able to create stuff outside of their immediate instinct?

Well you have parots that can talk, bats that use sonar, animals that can fly (which we can't do), we were (very) lucky our intelligence got devoloped that well, and main reason is to be found when we switched from walking on 4leggs, to 2 leggs & 2 hands, that way we could start using weapons/make fire... and we were more and more buzy doing "intellectual" things

[Backstreet09 499]

That was really deep mate , uhm and why do we as human beings, want to do more than simply live? How did that feeling develop?

[Mundaka 243]

That was really deep mate , uhm and why do we as human beings, want to do more than simply live? How did that feeling develop?

That's one for stingray

[Backstreet09 499]

That's one for stingray

Stingray, "The Philospher".

[Stingray 9,441]

Nooooooooooo .......ll not again!!!

[Rmpr 8,977]

Do you believe that Aliens will someday invade us? If yes, for good or for bad?

I want to hear people's opinion outside the physics field...

[Stingray 9,441]

@backstreet09

Have a blast mate!

http://ase.tufts.edu/cogstud/papers/evolerr.htm

[Stingray 9,441]

Do you believe that Aliens will someday invade us? If yes, for good or for bad?

I want to hear people's opinion outside the physics field...

Life is one thing and very probable: http://www.seti.org/drakeequation

Intelligent aliens close enough and willing to invade us :-) Nah :-)

[Mundaka 243]

Intelligent aliens close enough and willing to invade us :-) Nah :-)

Unless they can go faster than light!

But i think other intelligent life could be possible yeh, galaxy is quite big

[Mundaka 243]

LHC @ geneve, while we are talking sience, what do you think of this beauty, was it worth building it?

Reason why this was build, was to find the Higgs boson part, (small part of an atom)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson

http://www.uslhc.us/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/sep/22/particlephysics-cern

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19076355

Now they invested

8000 000 000 dollars to build it

286million dollars/year (for power)

What do they do there?

Look for that higgs part which would explain a lot in chemy/fysics and improve our knowledge a lot (which could fe make us able to leave our galaxy(not saying that will be possible)) by shooting elements using 7 billion electrovolt (7TeV), and those elements reach close to 99,999 996 4% of lightspeed.

Do you think its worth it, or should they have invested the money in other, more pressing matter first? Fe invest in climate change?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

SERIOUSLY?

Brazilians love three types of food instead of ours: Lebanese, Japanese and Italian!

Actually the "famous" Lebanese foods are not the best ones. Plenty of other Lebanese foods that are not famous in other countries but are so much better.