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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (177786)	9/5/2001 4:13:18 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Just to shake you guys up a bit, it's not the survival of the fittest we need to worry about. According to Stephen Hawking, it's survival of the most intelligent - man VS. machine: Physicist Warns Humans About A.I. By Associated Press September 1, 2001, 3:37 PM EDT BERLIN -- People get ready: the machines are coming. That's the word from famed British physicist Stephen Hawking, who says if humans hope to compete with the rising tide of artificial intelligence, they'll have to improve through genetic engineering. In an interview released Saturday with the newsmagazine Focus, Hawking said science could increase the complexity of DNA and "improve" human beings. He conceded that it would be a long process, "but we should follow this road if we want biological systems to remain superior to electronic ones." "In contrast with our intellect, computers double their performance every 18 months," he added. "So the danger is real that they could develop intelligence and take over the world." newsday.com

To: Bill Jackson who wrote (177786)	9/5/2001 4:20:24 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

I think you are confusing me with gao seng :) I am already familiar with the theories of human ecology and evolution. And, for the record, Racism is the most stupid thing imaginable because it is totally "unscientific".... (Not amenable to logical proof). When we people share 98 1/2 % of our nuclear genetic makeup with the Great Apes, how insanely idiotic is it of us to discriminate amongst ourselves based upon the relative concentrations of two pigments in our epidurus (both of which pigments occurring in all of us)?