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Artificial

Made by art, not natural or pathological.

Origin: L. Ars = art, facere = to make


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... we are left wondering just what a species is Let's look at lions and tigers. Lions and tigers do not interbred in nature, yet can be made to under artificial (human controlled) conditions. Because they do not interbred under natural conditions, they are considered separate species. This does leave ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:01 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16356

Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation

... all societies of intelligent beings in order to facilitate further technological progress and expansion of the intelligence. Transhumanism and artificial intelligence force us to ask questions about our humanity such as, "How would we change ourselves for the best if there were no limits?" ...

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by jeremyo
Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:12 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Pitfalls of Evolutionary Psychology: Exaptation
Replies: 3
Views: 141

Speciation among primates and hominids

... that I think in terms of our species we tend to not biologically adapt to anything anymore, more so just use a technological advance to create artificial fitness. Witnessing an evolutionary change in any primates or hominids would probably not occur in anyone's life time, but scientific documentation ...

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by Jesse2504
Sat Jul 04, 2009 7:37 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Speciation among primates and hominids
Replies: 12
Views: 375

?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!

... Anyways, I'm not too sure there's much evolutionary pressure towards regeneration in humans, quite the contrary: we can probably make excellent artificial limbs long before evolution has time to do anything about it :) This is not to say it is impossible to make humans regenerate a limb, but ...

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by biohazard
Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:38 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: ?{REGENERATION}? Is it possible ???!!
Replies: 31
Views: 1640

Human artifical selection

... vaccines, immunotherapy or monoclonal antiboides used to fight some condition. And while at it, maybe replace some organ with a better-functioning artificial one, and so on. If we for example decide to try deep space travel one day, even some very obscure technological aids might become essential ...

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by biohazard
Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:35 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Human artifical selection
Replies: 3
Views: 100
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