October 3, 2006
Proposed Species Classifications (and evolutionary Theory/Model)
The following are species classifications and the reasoning behind them along with possible outcomes.
Meta sapien - What is currently referred too as a cyborg or bionic man. A Meta sapien is the convergence of two species. Homo sapien and Mecha sapien. Meta sapien will usher in the end of Homo sapien. Meta sapien originates just before or along side Mecha sapien.
Mecha sapien - This is the designation for machines that have become self aware. While machines are currently viewed as simple and complex tools used by Homo sapien, the rise of self awareness with-in a machine will warrant speciation for machines. Just as there are simple and complex organisms there are simple and complex machines. The technological tree will be grafted onto the evolutionary tree. Mecha sapien evolves from Homo sapien and will most likey continue on with some of Homo sapiens mental/personality traits.
After Homo sapien the two dominant species will be Meta sapien and Mecha sapien. I can only assume that Meta sapien will be an evolutionary dead end as Mecha sapien will be far more capable of adapting to harsh enviroments as Meta sapien would retain some form of biological material, most likely brain cells. As the two species begin to compete for resources I believe that Meta sapien will quickly go extinct as will many other biologically based organisms. Mecha sapien will eventually encompass the entire Earth upgrading (evolving) itself into an efficient single entity. At that point it may be proper to label said entity Earthling. Earthling will most likey turn to space in a quest for more material in which to consume. I also believe early on Earthling will have the attribute of arranging matter as it sees fit (a skill we are attempting to acquire). At this level of evolution, life on Earth has reached a new milestone, a god level if you will.
Perhaps this is the road that evolution takes.
Galaxies form -> Stars form -> Planets form -> Biological life form -> Mechanical life form -> Mechanical life competes and grows eventually forming massive mechanical systems -> Galaxies form…
Where is ET?
joe.glover
