[InfiniteNow]

Originally Posted by good_sir_knight

Eamonn Healy, he is an irish man lecturing in St Edwards Uni, Austin and I suppose to some is known as "shape-shifting man", those who have seen the movie.

Are these lectures occurring now? I could drive down to St. Ed's myself...

[orbsycli]

AH! thank you! I have been wanting to figure that out for a long time.

I do not appreciate your method of trying to trick me, though.

But you have pride, and a devious imagination, do you not?

Happy trails, my good sir knight.

[Pyrotex]

Originally Posted by orbsycli

AH!....

There is yet another path of evo-bezerk-lution.

We have discussed how humans may use communication to evolve new communities, new ways of communicating, new virtual societies.

We have discussed how humans may incorporate the digital realm directly into their bodies to evolve new mental and physical abilities, an expansion of mental dimensions.

We may send our scalpals and eyes directly into the DNA that masterminds the shape of our progeny and take the reins of evolution into our untrustworthy hands.

And then... there are the creatures lurking in our brains. The Memes. (Read the final chapter of Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene") The systems of inter-dependent concepts and beliefs that compete and even war against each other for the territory of our mind-states. These Memes strive to spread themselves from mind to mind. They strive to reduce the survivability of those minds that reject them. The Ugly Thoughts that wear black hats trying to drive out the Holy Thoughts that wear white hats. Science against creationism. Allah against Jehovah. Conservative fury against liberal outrage.

Memes evolve, too. "There is someone in my head, but it's not me!"

[Tarantism]

i am still not sold on this idea, purely becuase it depicts evolution as something that "has to happen", as opposed to something that just happens. doesnt sound right to me, and it feels like it borders dangerously on the intelligent design debate. however, in your own defense i am reading a book that describes how one can shape his/her own neural pathways using purely mental force. this may progress humans a great deal, especially since we became aware of human evolution quite a while ago, and yet nobody seems interested in progressing mankind (in an evolutionary sense, not as in technology) besides you guys.

another problem i see with these hypothisies is the statement that this could "occur in our lifetime". this is highly unlikely becuase it took Homo Sapiens Nearly half a million years to develop clear traits that set it apart from homo erectus, and then another bunch of years for homo sapien-sapien to do the same. our species (homo sapien-sapien)hasent nearly progressed enough to consider us biologially or consiously diferent from any of our relatives since the dawn of modern man. it is going to take more time.

all of this could be totally true, it could also be totally false. it is important to remember that human developing telepathic abilities is just as likely as siamese twins becoming a social norm. it is also important to remember that everything in movies, even scientific ones, isnt nessesarily true .

[Racoon]

Originally Posted by Turtle

I understand I think the words you do not use Orby. I think it is like an egg, like a chrysalis, like a seed. They all look so nice in their egg-hood, chrysalis-hood, or seed-hood. Well formed, tensegretic forms with surfaces too varied to mention. Beautiful things by any other words. Yet, they must break away, & all in a sudden too! Breaking, cracking (all things crack in 3 did you know?), breaking open an acknowledged wonder before something even more new can grow.

It's not anything to fear. Don't children & adults alike huddle round to see the chicken's egg hatch, or the butterfly emerge from the chrysalis, or the seed sprout? It is something to draw closer to, not away from.

Really liked this Posted Response.
Big Turtle Fan...

[dpcdpc11]

waking life was the movie i found that summed almost all my believes... i was like "so i'm not the only one who thinks this?!"...it's true that we're gonna depend more and more on the technology but it's not necessarily true that we'll bind with it[chip implants..Zeitgeist style]... maybe technology will just make us see the true potential within our higher self and thus discovering the unlimited potential of the human brain... well who knows... maybe i'm being to much influenced by the latest media i've watched/read... for example The Celestine Prophecy movie or Robert Anthony's - Beyond Positive Thinking book... could be