This article says that "human race will 'split into two different species' ".
As we all know, we are Homo sapiens - the scientific name for human race. In other words, our 'species' in the biological ecosystem are recognized as Homo sapiens. Or it is the generic name for human race in the ecosystem.
It was said that " the human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist."
What's going on here? What's happening with the globalization in this world right now? Does not that social and societal phenomenon bother that top scientist?
It was also predicted that "the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000".
It really sounded very good. I am 23 this year and there are still 993 years more to reach the next millennium. That really requires guts to make that statement and make it public. I surely respect the evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics. There is hardly any evidence to prove that he's wrong. In the meantime, there is no proof to say he's right either. The only way to prove it is the belief and faith people have in him. It really takes guts to do it. Respect!
On the other hand, I would have to question? Who in the world right now will evolve to the elite species and who would end up as the inferior species? What he's right about is the description of the future in terms of social structure where the elite group with knowledge, wealth and power of generating more knowledge, wealth and power. On the other hand, the inferior group would more likely become the parasite of the society: they do not know how to generate knowledge, wealth and they are powerless, so they have to rely on the elite group or be the bad guys to survive.
How frictional are these! These are the extremes to vividly satirize the huge wealth gap in the existing society. But what most people might neglect is the reliance of the elite group on the inferior group. They simply cannot survive without each other. It is a very strong and weak bond between the two species. Just like the food chain concept in the nature, none seemed more important or more trivial than the other. Even though there is elite group in the food chain, they are faster, stronger and 'smarter', they still have to rely on the inferior group to feed themselves to survive.
Let us look at how elite group would be different from now, from Curry
"Men will have symmetrical facial features, deeper voices and bigger penises..."
"Women will all have glossy hair, smooth hairless skin, large eyes and pert breasts..."
How do these physical appearances make huge difference in knowledge, wealth and power generation? It seemed to me that it is more prone to some sexual matters in human race.
All these things do not seem to fall into the same picture of the future...
I do not really believe the drastic changes in human species. If there were, it meant there would anticipate another messy and bloody time in the next few decades...
We as the human race as a whole, are growing more maturely than what he might have expected.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
will this really happen?
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