[kj] OT: why I hate cats...

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  Further, successful evolution is not only an internal (to the organism) process, 
  it also requires sufficient isolation and nurturance of the beneficial mutation, mass
  extinctions** of competing mutation/s, and finally the new mutant (us, 2.0) must (be 
  able and willing to) reproduce successfully and see its offspring off into maturity.
  
  For all we know, there may already have been far superior mutations of us but 
  if all of the above three didn't take place, it would never have survived.
   
  **to keep it from being 
      'swamped out' by other 
      alternative mutations, present or future
  
Brendan Quinn <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:
        v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}  .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}        st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }                Yeah I think biologists look at it more as “survival of the adequate” these days as opposed to survival of the fittest, which is a theory that has been accused of being abused by Nazis and all sorts.
   
  From what I know evolution is speeding up as the human population increases (= more ramdon mutations per generation), the environment changes (more natural selection) and the environment could even be affecting evolution us directly in terms of shitty food and electromagnetic crap causing mutations directly. That may be more conspiracy theory, as I believe you can only pass on mutations if they affect sex genes.
   
  Interesting science coming out about RNA nowadays, looking from what I remember reading about it that genetics as we know it is about a lot more than DNA
will have to fish that info out

   
      
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  From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of Jaye Royal
Sent: Friday, 11 April 2008 5:22 a.m.
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)
Subject: Re: [kj] OT: why I hate cats...

   
  Hey!  Your last words reminded me of a Bill Hicks rant about the ignorant waiting for their opposable thumbs in the US;  intellectually I think we are in a PoMo netherworld.  
Anyhoo, I don't think it would be a form of homo sapiens as we know them that would survive, but those that have inherited the genes to resist neoplasms from pesticides, nuclear activity, and rampant disease.  There are some who have been able to resist the HIV virus and its evolution into AIDS for almost two decades;  they are the minority.....but you see my point.  Our own bodies are already showing some evidence of that in this day and age.  It truly will be a " A New Day" (excuse the pun) we will never see in a thousand years or less.  
Animals......well.....unless they are necessary they have no need to evolve.  Fluffy 3000 looking for those cockroaches doesn't have a place, as you stated.
 
-Bette


> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:22:29 +0100

> From: praest76 at gmail.com

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] OT: why I hate cats...

> 

> On 09/04/2008, Jaye Royal <bloodstone3456 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> >

> >

> > "It's coming kids. Enjoy other animals while they last because unless

> > they can be used for commercial purposes this society doesn't want

> > them."

> >

> > Actually, I think it is the other way around.....they can enjoy us before

> > the next, superior derivation of homo sapien takes our place.

> 

> I'm not sure homo will be involved. We ceased evolving a while back

> now. We've become an evolutionary dead end.

> 

> If animals do survive us, and bear in mind that there are people out

> there deliberately trying to "conquer nature", then it won't be cats

> that evolve to that position. They enjoy being parasites too much.

> They'll just sit next to the fridge waiting for cockroaches to develop

> opposable thumbs.

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