Thread: What if we lose the ability?

Originally Posted by Shift

Fighting, hunting, women... I bet the actors change, but the story was probably very similar to what modern man dreams of.

"I keep having the same dream. I'm being chased by a saber-toothed tiger. I try to throw a spear at it, but the spear breaks in half when I pick it up..."


Anyway, not to derail the thread, but this topic begs a bigger question which has been on my mind for a while.

Is mankind as a species done evolving?
Has modern society made the process of natural selection obsolete?

Think about it. There are few ailments which modern medicine cannot cure - in time there may be none. Online dating allows even physically disfigured people to find mates. There are essentially no environmental pressures to serve as catalysts for evolution.

Some have pointed to the rising average height seen in many cultures in the past couple hundred years as evidence that we are evolving faster than ever. But this apparent surge in average height and overall size has leveled off - it appears to have been caused by environmental factors such as improved nutrition rather than genetic or evolutionary factors. It was not nature, but rather nurture.

Technology advances faster and faster. But is the human race destined for genetic stagnation? I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Originally Posted by DuB

Anyway, not to derail the thread, but this topic begs a bigger question which has been on my mind for a while.

Is mankind as a species done evolving?
Has modern society made the process of natural selection obsolete?

That depends on how you view evolution. I don't believe in evolution between species, but only within certain types. ie. breeding short haired dogs in a cold climate will eventually produce long haired dogs. This doesn't mean that they will ever turn into ostriches. And honestly, there are so many holes in the evolutionist theory that I tend to doubt the whole thing.

Originally Posted by Iliad Keys

And honestly, there are so many holes in the evolutionist theory that I tend to doubt the whole thing.

That is something that we can agree on.

However, if you would like to suppose for a minute that evolution theory is correct and perhaps share some of your views, I made a separate thread in Extended Discussion on this topic:
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...d.php?p=780892

Originally Posted by DuB

"I keep having the same dream. I'm being chased by a saber-toothed tiger. I try to throw a spear at it, but the spear breaks in half when I pick it up..."

as much as I despise those commercials...

I mean, the possibility that we might create technology so we require less sleep and are thus more efficient is always there, but if that did happen, I'd probably just not use it because lucid dreaming is so much fun.

We just all have to be sure our reproductive mates are good at lucid dreaming. That would be a fun question for the first date.

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

We just all have to be sure our reproductive mates are good at lucid dreaming. That would be a fun question for the first date.

hahaha, exactly

Originally Posted by Robot_Butler

We just all have to be sure our reproductive mates are good at lucid dreaming. That would be a fun question for the first date.

If we're keeping lucid dreaming alive, hypothetically, it would be best to set up non-lucid dreamers with lucid dreamers because if at least one parent LDs their offspring can learn of it.

Originally Posted by luciddream

If we're keeping lucid dreaming alive, hypothetically, it would be best to set up non-lucid dreamers with lucid dreamers because if at least one parent LDs their offspring can learn of it.

Well, only if the ability to lucid dream is a dominant trait! If it's recessive, you'd want 2 LDers. There's the chance you could have a heterozygote, but if it's recessive you'd want to just have two homozygotes for maximum probability.

Of course, look at polydactylism haha

Originally Posted by Shift

Well, only if the ability to lucid dream is a dominant trait! If it's recessive, you'd want 2 LDers. There's the chance you could have a heterozygote, but if it's recessive you'd want to just have two homozygotes for maximum probability.

Of course, look at polydactylism haha

i think he assumed that LDing is not hereditary, but as long as a member of a family can do it, he or she can maybe get the rest interested.