What is the end of evolution?

[Velociryx]

Southpark.

Southpark is the end of evolution.



-=Vel=-

[loinburger]

aren't we ourselves - matter that defies entropy in every possible way imaginable

Nope, the earth is not a closed system, so we don't defy entropy -- the sun expends far more energy than we consume. The universe is a closed system (pretty much by definition), so entropy applies in full force. Eventually even elementary particles will disintegrate, and you're left with Nada.

[monkspider]

what is the end of evolution?

Communism

[Ben Kenobi]

As more advanced machines begin to evolve, we must look at them objectively when considering their intelligence, their sentience, despite the various shortcomings that may arise.

Impossible to evaluate the subject 'objectively.'

Why don't you adopt the conclusion that you skirt around that it will be impossible for machines to have human intelligence?

Machine and human intelligence seem to be two very different things, according to your paper.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by loinburger
It'll probably end with good old fashioned entropy. When the suns have all burned out there won't be any more life, so evolution will have come to an end.

This is depressing as hell, to know that the universe we live in, that seems so magnifcient and powerful, will too come to an end .

Coming to terms with my own inevitable death was a pain in the ass, let alone humanity's, life's, and the friggen Universe's

[Ben Kenobi]

This is depressing as hell, to know that the universe we live in, that seems so magnifcient and powerful, will too come to an end .

Coming to terms with my own inevitable death was a pain in the ass, let alone humanity's, life's, and the friggen Universe's.

K-man

Blame Sagan, he's the one who first came up with this summary.

Of course, then we would still have Percy Shelley:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Kramerman
Coming to terms with my own inevitable death was a pain in the ass, let alone humanity's, life's, and the friggen Universe's

Well, we are talking about an event that isn't predicted to occur for another 10⁵⁰ years or so...

[Japher]

Blame Sagan, he's the one who first came up with this summary.

Of course, then we would still have Percy Shelley:

And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

Or, T.S. Eliot

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.

and in not so much the same maner, yet I like it none the less

E.A. Poe

Out–out are the lights–out all!
And, over each quivering form,
The curtain, a funeral pall,
Comes down with the rush of a storm,
While the angels, all pallid and wan,
Uprising, unveiling, affirm
That the play is the tragedy, "Man,"
And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by loinburger

Well, we are talking about an event that isn't predicted to occur for another 10⁵⁰ years or so...

doesnt matter. its an end. the end is coming. its inevitable. what next after that?

[Soul Survivor]

this is all theory guys

based on the current observations in our tiny little corner of the universe this is our best guess of what might happen in the future.... in a hundred years they will probably laugh at us for believing ideas like these, the same way we think of the guys at the end of the 19th century who claimed science would soon explain everything

take it all with a grain of salt, its a dreary idea but an unlikely reality