Quote:Breeding cows, horses and dogs for particular traits has had some successes
Have you noticed how their faces tend to be humanized? There's a term for this, but such pets were bred to look 'human' for our pleasure. If you take a look at wild dogs and our household pets, you'll see the huge difference.
Occhidiangela,Apr 6 2006, 09:43 AM Wrote:I wonder at how much we actually know, and what we are still guessing at. I'll bet the over on the guesswork.
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I am fairly certain any conclusions made would be made out of speculation, or stated more simply:
I know that we do not know
From a deductionist standpoint, that is the beginning of true knowledge.
A quick google search outlines Darwinism and shows the all important matter of:
Quote:Note that change over a thousand generations of any species appears as "sudden" or "abrupt" change in the fossil record, because a thousand generations is such an infinitesimally small fraction of Earth's history
As such, other details are pushed aside. We have no definitive proof we are evolving or not evolving, for good or bad. Even assuming Darwinism is not applicable, we do not have the tools to assess the matter on a large scale, genetic technology is still at its infancy. I'm grateful for any understanding at all we're gleaning, but there's simply not enough information nor tools to judge with.
Rinnheart Wrote:Hey, hey, hey, can't we all just chill out, get a frosty, and enjoy a 99¢ vat-grown chicken nugget meal?
That brings me back to the Asimov's Caves of Steel "Yeast for dinner again mom?" text. Also, there were rumours that KFC officially changed their name to specifically avoid having the word "Chicken" in their name because they engineered meat on a mass-production level that wasn't necessarily chicken. Unfortunately for that conspiracy, Chicken farms are far cheaper, and such technology didn't seem possible... until now.
So where's my instant hamburger in a beaker? Much better than fish at fora.