Can we control our evolution?...

To be brief the evolution you describe is phenotypical evolution(building up yours muscles etc..) genotypical evolution takes a much much longer time but I suppose If we all moved to antartica for thousands of years we could control that type of evolution as well and grow fur or something.

Originally posted by Oswald Kenobi
I agreed with you until that last part. I believe our evolution can be controlled to a certain point, but the environment has more control. Not really slaves, but more like employees, I would say.

One more point. Evolution appears to be based on the need to adapt. I'm not sure it is possible for us to force this need unnaturally.

in a way it is possible. when a human being is in space for too much time their body starts to change according to the gravity and what is needed from itself. so in a way it evolves but not to the extremes most people might think of.

I think we can force the evolution. Just go to a different enviroment, and them you will envolve to adapt to that enviroment you moved to

in a way it is possible. when a human being is in space for too much time their body starts to change according to the gravity and what is needed from itself. so in a way it evolves but not to the extremes most people might think of.

evolution is progress. When astronauts are in space too long w/o the proper exercise regiment, their muscles atrophe from being used less due to the lack of gravity. that is not progress. that is a crippling ailment. That's like saying hitting your fingers with a hammer is evolution................you seem to not grasp the concept. Evolution is a progression in a species.............not a degression in one human.

Ok I haven't read all the posts but here's my two cents.
Can we control our evolution? Yes of course we can, because species' evolve to survive in their environment and we have the ability to alter our environment, indirectly altering our evolution.

Originally posted by gls
in a way it is possible. when a human being is in space for too much time their body starts to change according to the gravity and what is needed from itself. so in a way it evolves but not to the extremes most people might think of.

Evolution requires a change in the DNA of a species until it is something totally different, its not a physical change of one creatures body due to a change in the enviroment.

Controlling our evolution sounds like a kind of impossible for some, as i have read. But danm, why too many smart people think that is impossible to evolve oneself.

I know, i know, i sound like a kind of guy who really love comics, especially Marvel´s. But come on guys, dont keep thinking that controlling a significant change in our body is totally impossible...

Originally posted by Cyd
Controlling our evolution sounds like a kind of impossible for some, as i have read. But danm, why too many smart people think that is impossible to evolve oneself.

I know, i know, i sound like a kind of guy who really love comics, especially Marvel´s. But come on guys, dont keep thinking that controlling a significant change in our body is totally impossible...

Im not to sure what you're saying but it sounds like you saying that its possible to evolve yourself? First off I dont know how you would go about that but if you did it wouldn't be evolution, evolution by definition is a change in a population not an individual.

can't imagine humans controlling anything.

Can we control our evolution? Yes of course we can, because species' evolve to survive in their environment and we have the ability to alter our environment, indirectly altering our evolution.

that didn't make a bit of sense. Humans being able to control our environment is one reason humans will never again evolve to suit changing environments. If it gets warmer.......go into the air conditioning. If the planet cools......crank up your heaters.

for evolution.........a species must die off, except for those members of the species with the new evolved trait......which allows them to survive (survival of the fittest). Humans will not let humans die off no matter what. We spend time and money trying to "cure" or "help" those that nature has deemed unfit to carry on their genes.

Originally posted by Evil Dead
that didn't make a bit of sense. Humans being able to control our environment is one reason humans will never again evolve to suit changing environments. If it gets warmer.......go into the air conditioning. If the planet cools......crank up your heaters.

for evolution.........a species must die off, except for those members of the species with the new evolved trait......which allows them to survive (survival of the fittest). Humans will not let humans die off no matter what. We spend time and money trying to "cure" or "help" those that nature has deemed unfit to carry on their genes.

And you dont think thats a way of controlling it? Stopping it is a "control" isn't it?

- yawn -

There will be a change in order to make us better.
A Change that will stars with only one human, and will continues with the others.
An evolution initiated by a single man.

well, when evolution occurs, the previous no longer exists. instead, there is something new. the problem is finding theline between the previous and the new. one cannot be partially evolved, since one would still be human. and one cannot be partially the previous, since they have crossed the line and become something non-human. so we cannot control evolution because we evolve when our genetic structure crosses the line, and we cant control that

not yet anyway

Evolution is bullcrap, evolution emplies we grow better. I cannot call a one time strong as hell primate transofrming into a meek little cubical working man "better", nor on that note a dangerous T-Rex morphing into a midget counterpart called a "gator" better..

We are actually growing meeker, and weaker. Our universe runs on it's own system of time, if you listend to quantamn physics you'd know this. It's almost a religon, we believe that the universe will implode into nothingness because of lack of energy, then re-ammerge brand new through a "big-bang" and start anew. This is the nature of all things cosmic and not so cosmic..

Originally posted by Cyd
What do you think about controlling our evolution?...

Evolotion is to change, and also to advance. All living beings evolve according to the changes of their environment.

A human being has sometimes to change or advance something in his live to become updated to the changes of the society.

Evolution is supposed to happen after several years, i mean centuries or millennia. But i think we can evolve everyday, because...

We evolve when we: Study and become more intelligent, work out and become stronger or faster. We evolve every time we practice something so much until we enhance an ability, sometimes a new ability.

So,,, that means that we can control our personal evolution?, what do you think?.

Remember, evolution is not always "a step forward". The term advancement has little to do with evolution. In fact, most "leaps" in evolution are really just steps to the side.

Originally posted by Evil
Evolution is bullcrap, evolution emplies we grow better. I cannot call a one time strong as hell primate transofrming into a meek little cubical working man "better", nor on that note a dangerous T-Rex morphing into a midget counterpart called a "gator" better..

We are actually growing meeker, and weaker. Our universe runs on it's own system of time, if you listend to quantamn physics you'd know this. It's almost a religon, we believe that the universe will implode into nothingness because of lack of energy, then re-ammerge brand new through a "big-bang" and start anew. This is the nature of all things cosmic and not so cosmic..

See my previous post.

Some of you said that controlling a kind of personal evolution is impossible, and others had said that there´s no evolution until there´s a change in a large group of people or a complete comunity, (if only one changes, there´s no evolution?).

Remember that the changes (evolution) starts with one being, i mean (human or animal), and then that being starts to interact in the nature reproducing him/her/it/self and transmitting the evolved genes to the newly born.

The one who starts bringing the evolved genes has already experimented what we call evolution... So please, don´t tell me that we have to wait at least fifty years until there´s serveral beings with that change to call it evolution...

Originally posted by Cyd
What do you think about controlling our evolution?...

Evolotion is to change, and also to advance. All living beings evolve according to the changes of their environment.

A human being has sometimes to change or advance something in his live to become updated to the changes of the society.

Evolution is supposed to happen after several years, i mean centuries or millennia. But i think we can evolve everyday, because...

We evolve when we: Study and become more intelligent, work out and become stronger or faster. We evolve every time we practice something so much until we enhance an ability, sometimes a new ability.

So,,, that means that we can control our personal evolution?, what do you think?.

We are ony human and some times it takes people longer to do that then others.So it matters on the person.JM 🙂