Friday 30 November 2007

Would the Human Race of the Future be Cyborgs or Post-human?

It is difficult to predict with exact certitude what the human of the future is going to look like. However, basing on Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, human has evolved from apes and it is clear enough that the process is not going to stop here.

We started from this

We have reached this stage so far


Are we going to stop here?

Definitely not.

So, what is the face of the future Man like?

Would it be like this?

Modern Science has been able to give us some insights into how the human race can evolved. Evolutionary Theorist Oliver Curry is of the view that the present human species may split into two sub-species similar to HG Wells’s Sci-Fi fiction novel The Time Machine (1895).

According to Curry,

The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.

People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.

The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.

The two forms of human race would also be as a result of genetic modifications. The wealthy upper class would be able to afford for the good traits thru genetic selection whilst the lowerclass would have to do with all the undesirable genetic traits. His predictions are similar to HG Wells's Eloi and Morlocks race of humans as depicted in the movie The Time Machine (2002) originally adapted from his novel.




Curry's prediction might seem somewhat far fetched. It is in fact, too early to jump into any conclusion what so ever, but one thing is sure, our over dependence on technology is definitely going to alter our evolution. Mankind would defy nature and would not follow a natural evolution; but would alter his own course of evolution by fiddling with technology. Would we be post-human or cyborgs? Only time would reveal.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

I think no on can predict how the human will evolve, but surely the future generation will be different form us

Unknown said...

HI ASH, WELL DEAR YOU GOT A NICE ARTICLE BUT THE PICTURES ARE SCARY AS WELL HAHA ;)
WELL DEAR, I THINK THOSE CHANGES REGARDING CHOOSING PARTNERS ETC ARE ALREADY SEEN AMONG US, MAYBE WE ARE NOT AWARE ABOUT
BUT AT THE SAME TIME INEQUALITY I MEAN IN TERMS OF INTELLIGENCE AND MAYBE IN TERMS OF INCOME WOULD KEEP ON INCREASING
ANYWAYS DEAR, THATS A REALLY GREAT JOB ON UR PART
I'LL SURELY SOME FRIENDS ABOUT THIS SITE CAUSE THERE'S LOTS TO LEARN FROM IT

WISH YOU GOODLUCK ASH

BEENA

Unknown said...

HI ASH, WELL DEAR YOU GOT A NICE ARTICLE BUT THE PICTURES ARE SCARY AS WELL HAHA ;)
WELL DEAR, I THINK THOSE CHANGES REGARDING CHOOSING PARTNERS ETC ARE ALREADY SEEN AMONG US, MAYBE WE ARE NOT AWARE ABOUT
BUT AT THE SAME TIME INEQUALITY I MEAN IN TERMS OF INTELLIGENCE AND MAYBE IN TERMS OF INCOME WOULD KEEP ON INCREASING
ANYWAYS DEAR, THATS A REALLY GREAT JOB ON UR PART
I'LL SURELY SOME FRIENDS ABOUT THIS SITE CAUSE THERE'S LOTS TO LEARN FROM IT

WISH YOU GOODLUCK ASH

BEENA