Re: Future of Humans - was: Having a child is immoral, the Earth is overcrowded!

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Does evolution make leaps, or much more cautious baby steps. I
wonder? In article <sasha1DFBJvs.9BA@netcom.com>, sasha1@netcom.com
says...
>
>In article <43a9ga$76i@lehua.ilhawaii.net>,
>Jay Hanson <jhanson@ilhawaii.net> wrote:
>>In article <sasha1DEt8MC.8Ho@netcom.com>, sasha1@netcom.com says...
>>>
>>>In my opinion, however, humans have enough resources until the
evolution
>>>makes the next great leap - and the transhuman "civilization" will
have
>>>entirely different means and goals.
>>
>>Could you elaborate?
>>
> Well, human civilization is a very recent evolutionary penomenon,
>and there is absolutely no reason to think that it is the final
>stage in the functional evolution of the Universe.
>
> There are lots of ideas in transhumanism on what, when, and how
>may happen next; you can find many references at my Web site; I could
>also e-mail you some texts I have in ASCII.
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>| Alexander Chislenko | sasha1@netcom.com | Cambridge, MA |
>| Home page: http://linux1.uwc.edu/~sasha/home.html |
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