why awe spacers? Forum: Spacesettlers
Thread: why awe spacers?
# 510 bymikecombs@... on Jan. 19, 2001, 2:19 p.m.
Member since 2021-10-03
From: rehaulku@... [mailto:rehaulku@...]
about evolution but not for the space. May be we should call it meta-
evolution.
Rather than being a continuation of biological evolution through natural
selection, it would be a continuation of the process whereby the human
technical capability to modify one's immediate surroundings has enabled us
to colonize regions outside of Africa.
In contrast to O'Neill, Dyson foresees a more biological adaptation taking
place enabled by genetic engineering. But even that would not be natural
selection, more like self-directed biological evolution.
Regards,
Mike Combs
From:
rehaulku@... [mailto:rehaulku@...]
Problem to be spacist is very different. For the Earth we can talk
about evolution but not for the space. May be we should call it meta-
evolution.
Rather than being a continuation of biological evolution through natural selection, it would be a continuation of the process whereby the human technical capability to modify one's immediate surroundings has enabled us to colonize regions outside of Africa.
In contrast to O'Neill, Dyson foresees a more biological adaptation taking place enabled by genetic engineering. But even that would not be natural selection, more like self-directed biological evolution.
Regards,
Mike Combs