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will humans ever evolve to the extent of being able to manipulate cell decay?

>> No.1619329

Exercise physiologist here:

Yes. Once lazy sedentary slobs get off their ass and exercise.

>> No.1619388
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I'm reasonably sure we will evolve very little from this point forwards. As evolution takes place to better adapt an organism to it's surroundings and we adapt our surroundings to suit us, there is no need for evolution to take place.

Any alterations to humans from this point on will likely be cybernetics, nanotechnology and genetic manipulation - transhumanism.

>> No.1619404

genetic manipulation is the future

>> No.1619406

>>1619388
>>1619388
This. Other animals will adapt and evolve (probably to better kill us, I certainly hope so) but we as humans are unlikely to evolve since these days any problem can be solved by technology, and we are no longer faced with environmental barriers since as he/she said, we change our surroundings, not the other way around. But it is our ability to make tools and change our surroundings that has made us the dominant species...

>> No.1619460

Well if the construction of the dna causes the mutations, generationally mutation could occur could it not?

Mutations whether they be good or bad only continue if the individual with the alteration is able to continue to reproduce and then have his young all baring his mutation be successful and so on.

The sort of mutation I am thinking of is red hair in humans, a change that would of been for attention in some way? Perhaps changes similar to this will become more prevalent.