No no no it is a weather balloon get your facts straight before you get swatted.
Nope, totally a bat symbol. Your Government scams won't fool me, I know the truth. Batman has been captured, he is calling out to me and you are trying to stop me from doing my duty and rescuing him.
Nope, totally a bat symbol. Your Government scams won't fool me, I know the truth. Batman has been captured, he is calling out to me and you are trying to stop me from doing my duty and rescuing him.
Your only duty is to pay taxes and work until you die! Don't you forget the country which soil you lay and the blessing that you have been bestowed: America, the land of freedom! Imperialism is good, dollar is God, communists are evil, McDonald's sell ambrosia, and 2/3 of our debt is owned by the chinese!
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" Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. " - Bertolt Brecht
To keep the panic down until the time seems right. But people reveal the lies of what is truly there on mars, an extinct race.
I always never trusted them, we should have colonies on mars and on the moon, but maybe there are, their not telling us. They made the word pareidolia to explain this stuff, but it's not that simple. There are so many ufo sitings and abduction cases, how can 1 not be true? We must accept the fact we aren't alone in the universe, plenty of fact to support that idea. Besides when aliens are revealed by the government, there would probably be panic, I think they don't want panic, so they cover it up until the time is right.
You should move to Sweden, where the government is honest and their space programs are centuries ahead of NASA's.
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" Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. " - Bertolt Brecht
those of you wondering why i don't have an active RP (so far none). i try. but whenever i get to the rules section of it my computer restarts. computer: i realise what your telling me and i give up.
Your only duty is to pay taxes and work until you die! Don't you forget the country which soil you lay and the blessing that you have been bestowed: America, the land of freedom! Imperialism is good, dollar is God, communists are evil, McDonald's sell ambrosia, and 2/3 of our debt is owned by the chinese!
To keep the panic down until the time seems right. But people reveal the lies of what is truly there on mars, an extinct race.
I always never trusted them, we should have colonies on mars and on the moon, but maybe there are, their not telling us. They made the word pareidolia to explain this stuff, but it's not that simple. There are so many ufo sitings and abduction cases, how can 1 not be true? We must accept the fact we aren't alone in the universe, plenty of fact to support that idea. Besides when aliens are revealed by the government, there would probably be panic, I think they don't want panic, so they cover it up until the time is right.
those of you wondering why i don't have an active RP (so far none). i try. but whenever i get to the rules section of it my computer restarts. computer: i realise what your telling me and i give up.
But is Sweden English language? What's the taxes and bills like? What's the education like?
Well the bills are at an easening 99% and the official language is English, indeed. They also pay school students $60,000 a year tax-free for attending school.
If there was anything on that world it is long since died away, all that's left is a barren,cold,and desolate enviroment, how could anything survive on the Surface? Humans could go there and mine mars, to look for fossils and signs of ancient life. Our current probes are rather primitive and have barely even gone inches into the martian soil. Why not send one that can drill miles with the help of a human hand? Or temporary colonies on mars. Mars's moons are also very interesting to.
Why does it matter if there used to be life on Mars? That wouldn't cause panic, they would be dead. Whoever discovered it would be very famous.
The main reason is that it is just a stupid plan. Why would we dig up Mars for life? What would be the point? Furthermore, you're basically saying "Well our current probes suck why not send a better one?" It is like me saying "Cancer sucks why not cure it?", or "My computer is slow, why not make one which does everything I want instantly?"
The answer is we can't. Not yet. And it certainly isn't worth investing all that money into digging on a desolate planet.
Once we have a self sustaining colony, yes. Our current probes will be viewed as primitive by the 2050's and by then we may already have colonies on the moon and maybe mars. It's worth the money to send humans to mars and perhaps a small colony, but first we would have to do the same to the moon.
Oh yeah, totally. But I'm not on board with this whole Government cover up thing.
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I know that, I just don't trust it to educate me in science. You need to be completely ignorant to take all of your science from a random newspaper and take it at face value.
EDIT: I even went and skimmed over the article to appease you. And it is completely wrong. It is one of the worst understandings of evolution I have ever seen.
The Sun isn't satire. It's a British newspaper that middle aged women read to find out what's happening in Coronation Street and young lads read to find football results and see tits on page 3. The only people who'll evolve to have smaller brains are people who read it tbh.
As a British person, I can attest to this. It isn't a trustworthy source of information in the slightest. The science of evolution used there is completely wrong. It is so totally ignorant it hurts me to read the page. We won't become anything like that. At least, there is zero evidence to suggest we will. And 1000 years to change that much? That is incredibly dumb. I don't suppose the Sun's editors know what we looked like 1000 years ago. Here's a hint: We haven't changed all that much.
Our technology is rapidly developing more then it did then, in the past 150 years humans have developed faster then any time period before and it will continue to grow faster and we may be like cyborgs or something in the future.
Yes, technology. Our technological development is not an accurate indicator of evolutionary development.
If anything, our technological advancement is slowing down our evolution. What is the main driving force behind evolution? Natural selection. A genetic trait causes an increase in fatality rates, causing a prominence of the absence of that trait in a species.
Our technology is advanced enough to practically eliminate natural selection. Thanks to our agricultural technology we don't have to hunt food, meaning genetic traits that affect physical ability have a much lower impact on survival. If you have a genetic defect, you're no longer dead in the water, thanks to our medical technology.
Maybe it might change when we change our environment. Once space travel becomes more common, natural selection might eliminate genetic traits that result in a lower tolerance to radiation. However, our medical technology will probably counter that.
Also, cyborgs probably aren't happening. We're 150 watt machines. Replacing our body parts with electronic alternatives would be expensive and inefficient.
Our technology is rapidly developing more then it did then, in the past 150 years humans have developed faster then any time period before and it will continue to grow faster and we may be like cyborgs or something in the future.
Technology cannot be compared to evolution. Evolution is, for the most part, fairly constant. When I said we haven't changed much over the past 1000 years, I meant in terms of appearance. There have certainly been some changes, we are taller overall, for example. But there is nowhere near as much change as that article would suggest is coming.
If you want an example of where the article falls flat on its face, here are some examples:
"Our INTESTINES will get shorter so we don’t absorb as much fat and sugar — a natural way of avoiding obesity, says dentist Dr Philip Stemmer"
Seriously, you're asking a dentist about evolution? That is beyond stupid and proves that this site has no idea what it is talking about. Our intestines won't get shorter to prevent us from becoming obese, that is ridiculous. That would only work if people with longer intestines just died off, which won't happen because they aren't all fat and eating tons of sugar.
"Our most used extremities will change dramatically. ARMS AND FINGERS get longer to reduce the need to reach too far and nerve endings in hands and fingers will increase because of the greater use of devices such as iPhones that need complex eye-hand coordination"
Oh my God, are they seriously suggesting that we will evolve and adapt to using iPhones? This is beyond stupid. I don't read the Sun, I've only heard rumours, but this is seriously only going to convince the lowest common denominator. Evolution works because the people who don't have the traits that we 'evolve' all die. People with short fingers aren't going to die because their fingers were too short to play Candy Crush Saga. My brain hurts.
"We’ll have SMALLER BRAINS, maybe because so much memorising and thinking is done by our computers. “Science fiction images show humans of the future with huge brains but big brains are not necessarily the best,” says Chris Stringer, from the Natural History Museum"
Not only does this person's job have nothing to do with science, this persons job is just stupid. For all we know he stands around and serves coffee. Trust the Sun to use this guy as a source. Furthermore, his quote doesn't actually support the idea that our brains will get smaller. In fact, smaller brains are only better if the animal is very small. But the article says we'll get bigger, which means our brains getting smaller will be bad. And that is a fact. Size of the brain doesn't matter, but the size of the brain compared to the size of the body does.
"There will be LARGE EYES to compensate for smaller mouths. Cary Cooper, of Lancaster University, explains: “Communication will rely on facial expressions and eye movements.”"
What smaller mouths? Also, I am convinced that Cary Cooper is some 18 year old nobody studying poetry. Let's face it, that's probably the case here. There is no reason why people with big mouths and small eyes would just die off and never reproduce. Rubbish once again.
"Dentist Dr Stemmer also thinks there could be FEWER TEETH as softer food needs less chewing and biting. He says: “We could even get our nutrition from liquids or pills in the future, which could mean less teeth and receded jaws.”"
Yeah, we probably could. And then all of the people with normal amounts of teeth would just die! Hold on, literally everybody has normal amounts of teeth, genetically. So... Uh... First, we need a mutation to cause some humans to be born with less teeth. Then we get everybody else dead. Perfect!
"Expect people to have QUADRUPLE CHINS. “Our bodies were designed for eating less and using more energy than a modern lifestyle requires,” says Rajiv Grover, a consultant plastic surgeon."
Plastic surgeon...
"Everyone will have the same shape of NOSE because climate is having less influence on broad or narrow hooters thanks to air conditioning and central heating."
And then everybody without the master nose will just die!
"Central heating and warm clothing means we’ll be LESS HAIRY but there’ll be more WRINKLES as a result of peering at our electronic devices"
Hey, remember that Lamarck guy? He came up with that evolution theory, right? Let's use what he said in our article! Oh, his theory was completely wrong and this is false information? Uh... Just roll with it!
Yes, technology. Our technological development is not an accurate indicator of evolutionary development.
If anything, our technological advancement is slowing down our evolution. What is the main driving force behind evolution? Natural selection. A genetic trait causes an increase in fatality rates, causing a prominence of the absence of that trait in a species.
Our technology is advanced enough to practically eliminate natural selection. Thanks to our agricultural technology we don't have to hunt food, meaning genetic traits that affect physical ability have a much lower impact on survival. If you have a genetic defect, you're no longer dead in the water, thanks to our medical technology.
Maybe it might change when we change our environment. Once space travel becomes more common, natural selection might eliminate genetic traits that result in a lower tolerance to radiation. However, our medical technology will probably counter that.
Also, cyborgs probably aren't happening. We're 150 watt machines. Replacing our body parts with electronic alternatives would be expensive and inefficient.
This is the nicest post DaBomb has ever written on science.
Totally salty, still got a grudge. You called out my use of the word theory, you dirty stinking good-for-nothing corn dog-eating nitpicker!
I posted that image only for a possibility of what we may look like, I'm not saying I agree on anything that site is saying, sounds like garbage to me. The site lacks research but thats not the point.
I know. We won't look like that, though, it just doesn't make sense that we would downgrade like that. Natural selection works so that unattractive members of the species usually don't take over the population. Of course, if we all suddenly decide that the guy in that picture is a total dreamboat, we're all set!
But yes, we will evolve over time. We will likely become taller and stronger, but... Uh... That's all I got.
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That's exactly the point. If you spread garbage we'll all end up in a trash ocean. Sharing something you believe to be untrue is a disservice to both yourself and those who are yet to be educated on the matter.
Nope, totally a bat symbol. Your Government scams won't fool me, I know the truth. Batman has been captured, he is calling out to me and you are trying to stop me from doing my duty and rescuing him.
Your only duty is to pay taxes and work until you die! Don't you forget the country which soil you lay and the blessing that you have been bestowed: America, the land of freedom! Imperialism is good, dollar is God, communists are evil, McDonald's sell ambrosia, and 2/3 of our debt is owned by the chinese!
Because the people must be controlled. We must remain calm.
A SUPERBUFFED INTERGALACTIC FUSION BOMB IS HEADING STRAIGHT TO OUR GREAT NATION AND IT'S THE COMMIES OF THAT RED MARS TO BLAME!
You should move to Sweden, where the government is honest and their space programs are centuries ahead of NASA's.
does sweden have a space program?
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I ain't forgettin' nothing, guvna! *sips tea*
I worry because I think you're serious.
Is the government honest?
no.
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Well the bills are at an easening 99% and the official language is English, indeed. They also pay school students $60,000 a year tax-free for attending school.
Why does it matter if there used to be life on Mars? That wouldn't cause panic, they would be dead. Whoever discovered it would be very famous.
The main reason is that it is just a stupid plan. Why would we dig up Mars for life? What would be the point? Furthermore, you're basically saying "Well our current probes suck why not send a better one?" It is like me saying "Cancer sucks why not cure it?", or "My computer is slow, why not make one which does everything I want instantly?"
The answer is we can't. Not yet. And it certainly isn't worth investing all that money into digging on a desolate planet.
Oh yeah, totally. But I'm not on board with this whole Government cover up thing.
This discussion made me lose faith in humanity.
you know the weather balloon image? heres the truth (i think)
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Somehow I don't trust the Sun to talk about science. Call me paranoid.
I know that, I just don't trust it to educate me in science. You need to be completely ignorant to take all of your science from a random newspaper and take it at face value.
EDIT: I even went and skimmed over the article to appease you. And it is completely wrong. It is one of the worst understandings of evolution I have ever seen.
As a British person, I can attest to this. It isn't a trustworthy source of information in the slightest. The science of evolution used there is completely wrong. It is so totally ignorant it hurts me to read the page. We won't become anything like that. At least, there is zero evidence to suggest we will. And 1000 years to change that much? That is incredibly dumb. I don't suppose the Sun's editors know what we looked like 1000 years ago. Here's a hint: We haven't changed all that much.
Yes, technology. Our technological development is not an accurate indicator of evolutionary development.
If anything, our technological advancement is slowing down our evolution. What is the main driving force behind evolution? Natural selection. A genetic trait causes an increase in fatality rates, causing a prominence of the absence of that trait in a species.
Our technology is advanced enough to practically eliminate natural selection. Thanks to our agricultural technology we don't have to hunt food, meaning genetic traits that affect physical ability have a much lower impact on survival. If you have a genetic defect, you're no longer dead in the water, thanks to our medical technology.
Maybe it might change when we change our environment. Once space travel becomes more common, natural selection might eliminate genetic traits that result in a lower tolerance to radiation. However, our medical technology will probably counter that.
Also, cyborgs probably aren't happening. We're 150 watt machines. Replacing our body parts with electronic alternatives would be expensive and inefficient.
Technology cannot be compared to evolution. Evolution is, for the most part, fairly constant. When I said we haven't changed much over the past 1000 years, I meant in terms of appearance. There have certainly been some changes, we are taller overall, for example. But there is nowhere near as much change as that article would suggest is coming.
If you want an example of where the article falls flat on its face, here are some examples:
"Our INTESTINES will get shorter so we don’t absorb as much fat and sugar — a natural way of avoiding obesity, says dentist Dr Philip Stemmer"
Seriously, you're asking a dentist about evolution? That is beyond stupid and proves that this site has no idea what it is talking about. Our intestines won't get shorter to prevent us from becoming obese, that is ridiculous. That would only work if people with longer intestines just died off, which won't happen because they aren't all fat and eating tons of sugar.
"Our most used extremities will change dramatically. ARMS AND FINGERS get longer to reduce the need to reach too far and nerve endings in hands and fingers will increase because of the greater use of devices such as iPhones that need complex eye-hand coordination"
Oh my God, are they seriously suggesting that we will evolve and adapt to using iPhones? This is beyond stupid. I don't read the Sun, I've only heard rumours, but this is seriously only going to convince the lowest common denominator. Evolution works because the people who don't have the traits that we 'evolve' all die. People with short fingers aren't going to die because their fingers were too short to play Candy Crush Saga. My brain hurts.
"We’ll have SMALLER BRAINS, maybe because so much memorising and thinking is done by our computers. “Science fiction images show humans of the future with huge brains but big brains are not necessarily the best,” says Chris Stringer, from the Natural History Museum"
Not only does this person's job have nothing to do with science, this persons job is just stupid. For all we know he stands around and serves coffee. Trust the Sun to use this guy as a source. Furthermore, his quote doesn't actually support the idea that our brains will get smaller. In fact, smaller brains are only better if the animal is very small. But the article says we'll get bigger, which means our brains getting smaller will be bad. And that is a fact. Size of the brain doesn't matter, but the size of the brain compared to the size of the body does.
"There will be LARGE EYES to compensate for smaller mouths. Cary Cooper, of Lancaster University, explains: “Communication will rely on facial expressions and eye movements.”"
What smaller mouths? Also, I am convinced that Cary Cooper is some 18 year old nobody studying poetry. Let's face it, that's probably the case here. There is no reason why people with big mouths and small eyes would just die off and never reproduce. Rubbish once again.
"Dentist Dr Stemmer also thinks there could be FEWER TEETH as softer food needs less chewing and biting. He says: “We could even get our nutrition from liquids or pills in the future, which could mean less teeth and receded jaws.”"
Yeah, we probably could. And then all of the people with normal amounts of teeth would just die! Hold on, literally everybody has normal amounts of teeth, genetically. So... Uh... First, we need a mutation to cause some humans to be born with less teeth. Then we get everybody else dead. Perfect!
"Expect people to have QUADRUPLE CHINS. “Our bodies were designed for eating less and using more energy than a modern lifestyle requires,” says Rajiv Grover, a consultant plastic surgeon."
Plastic surgeon...
"Everyone will have the same shape of NOSE because climate is having less influence on broad or narrow hooters thanks to air conditioning and central heating."
And then everybody without the master nose will just die!
"Central heating and warm clothing means we’ll be LESS HAIRY but there’ll be more WRINKLES as a result of peering at our electronic devices"
Hey, remember that Lamarck guy? He came up with that evolution theory, right? Let's use what he said in our article! Oh, his theory was completely wrong and this is false information? Uh... Just roll with it!
This is the nicest post DaBomb has ever written on science.
Totally salty, still got a grudge. You called out my use of the word theory, you dirty stinking good-for-nothing corn dog-eating nitpicker!
I know. We won't look like that, though, it just doesn't make sense that we would downgrade like that. Natural selection works so that unattractive members of the species usually don't take over the population. Of course, if we all suddenly decide that the guy in that picture is a total dreamboat, we're all set!
But yes, we will evolve over time. We will likely become taller and stronger, but... Uh... That's all I got.
That's exactly the point. If you spread garbage we'll all end up in a trash ocean. Sharing something you believe to be untrue is a disservice to both yourself and those who are yet to be educated on the matter.
Hey, you attract more flies with honey than with vinegar(although I personally find honey far too sweet and thus prefer vinegar).
Also you're a brit, he isn't. If you weren't pining for your next injection of Aussie banter, you wouldn't have replied to me.