Bravo ppl bravo... reading the posts here.. all I can say is, this is going to be interesting..
Okay.. from Joe
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I believe so. Personally, telekinesis and more importantly, telepathy, have always intrigued me, even before *-men. I remember reading Stephen King's "Firestarter" and saying to myself "wow, that girl can start fires just by thinking about it. That's so cool." Personally, I believe that telepathy and telekinesis are indeed possible mental abilities that humans may be able to acquire in the future via evolution/morphological changes. I've heard theories that say that SOME scientists believe that there is some lobe in the front of the brain that COULD be responsible for telekinetic/pathic potential.
First off, your theory on telepathy is far fetched. Although the human brain has evolved to stunning heights, it would take more than just the physical to get us to a level where psionic abilities can be fully achieved. For telekinesis to become a mental ability you are infact stating that the brain has to reach a level where it can actually communicate with its surroundings. The thought of that alone, not only excites me but makes me shiver.. then again, its possibility is nothing more than a logical fallacy. Why?? It's almost impossible. I say almost because.. with humans.. you never know! :biggrin:
Now think of this.. what is motion.. the movement of a particle.
Newton in his first law of motion stated that a body would continue in its present motion or remain at rest until an
external force is acted upon by it. I hope I got that right.. Don't have much time to research on it right now. Anyway, for the brain to habilitate telekinesis and actually produce motion, the so-called untapped potential in our medula oblogota has to be transformed to kinetic energy.. which in turn does
not seem possible. However I'm open to criticism.. and if anyone can tell me how on earth or heaven it is possible for us to become psionic or psychic.. so to say.
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Our skin is used to protect the insides of our body, but we know it's not that tough, so will we be able to one day have skin as tough as diamond? Will our bones be so strong that it will never become sore or break? Will our eyes be so clear that we'll be able to see all the bacteria surfacing around the air? How fast will be able to run, how high will we be able to jump? How far can we hear and smell? Do we even have to eat? Post your opinions."
I'll refer back to Nantuko's predictions of the past.. You said that our bodies do
not need to evolve anymore, for we have developed a sort of equilibrium with our environment and quick evolution doesn't seem plausible.. except a slow and gradual evolution of our cranial.. or better put mental abilities.
If indeed this was a misquote.. I stand corrected.. but I don't for a second think our body would become any stronger than it is due to evolution.. no matter how slow or gradual the process might seem :biggrin:
However on the lad's opinion about the neurons in our brains.. I must say that they are pure fact!
For if you ever come into contact with a blind person... whose blindness wasn't as a result of aging or cell gradual degradation.. but an accident so to say. Then you'll notice that he/she has a keen sense of smell and touch. Thus the neurons responsible for sight have been transferred so to say, to aid the other sensory organs of the human.. as sight is more or less impossible at that time.
In conclusion, I'd like to state that the whole 10% of our brain usage is actually a myth! And indeed we do use all of our brain. But to think?? I think not. The brain is divided into various regions that each have it's own use in the control of the body as a whole. Funny enough, like Tarkan, I've got to do more research in order to save myself the stupidity of posting nothing but logical fallacies :biggrin:
-- nuff said! :biggrin: