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Originally posted by Seer666
Wow. Lot's of poeple here give the human race much more credit then I ever would. The way I see it, humans are capible of many things. Rape, murder, genocide, ect. We may someday evovle as a race past our current capacity, but I think there is going to have to be a very large culling of the gene pool first. Otherwise, all we are going to be capible of doing if dieing off and letting the rest of the univers breath a sigh of realief at our passing.
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I doubt any part of the universe is aware of us, other than ourselves.
Evolution of the human race can occur without any culling or death. We hold in our hands the power to change our germ line, we are starting to learn, and one day we will use it. It may not turn out well, but it may make everything that came before it a mere prolog.
You do realize exactly how far humanity has come? We live in a world where when an economy is only growing at a rate where it grows by a factor of 100 every 200 years, it is considered sub-par and under performing. Wealth is fountaining all around us. Wars in which the losing side is slaughtered is an exception. The wealthiest nations on earth barely bother to fight wars, because they aren't profitable. (even the USA spends only 1/30th of its wealth on warmaking) Societies in which freedom is surpressed and war is the primary source of wealth are poor and nearly irrelivant in global power politics: only one remains, and it is only becoming strong by freeing its people.
The light is only bright in contrast to the shadow, and the shadow is only dark in contrast to the light. What you describe as terrors are terrors next to the brightness of human achievement.
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Originally posted by ARTelevision
I'm of the opinion that we are limited by our awareness - which exists as a method for filtering out things in which we have no historical context or experience.
There's a lot more going on in our minds than awareness. Limited awareness makes us what we are. It's possible to chip away at that and get glimpses of what's beyond who we think we are.
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Just wondering, which religion is that, or is it a non-organized personal faith?
Edit: Changed "doubles" to "grows by a factor of 100".