And here we, no wrong sorry, here come the chimpanzees.
There are so many Sci-Fi ideas including apes, like the Planet of the apes' franchise, cartoonAnd here we, no wrong sorry, here come the chimpanzees.
There are so many Sci-Fi ideas including apes, like the Planet of the apes' franchise, cartoon characters and many evil experiments.
One of the less widespread ideas is reverse engineering, the downgrading, or, appropriate to the terminology of the novels, downlifting, of humans to make hybrids. Instead of improving gorillas, chimps, orangutans, bonobos and naked mole rats to make them more human, the humans get monkeyed and not the monkey humanized.
This could go immediate by any kind of wonder drug, but because this is a serious social network, let's forget about this actually still rather childish idea. It may become possible in a very far future, but the more probable approach is to exchange the human DNA parts in humans with monkey DNA and see what happens. Exactly the same as China is already doing vice versa.
One must not forget that the key to understanding intelligence lies in the success of this endeavor, cause all genes for intelligence and human traits ( poor comparison) have to be found to succeed. So after finally successfully breeding a monkey-human or human-monkey hybrid the next step would be to pimp humans with the found genes for intelligence. If there are different gene types in different species of apes, why not include all of them in one human being to pimp her/him up?
Being reminded of our origin and ancestors is an important mind game, cause, just like dealing with the inevitability of death, it makes us more autochthonous, self-aware and humble instead of being arrogant as a so-called crown of a still-running evolution that could bring creatures or visitors from outside that kick us from the throne. Or at least it gets easier to laugh about ourselves, naked apes that we are.
I, for instance, would bet on less good gorilla and bonobo influence in my genes and more of the stylish evil chimpanzee mentality with the tendency to lunacy, but I like myself, so it is okay as long as you don´t provoke me or I have a bad day of just find beeing murderous entertaining and gather my primate buddies and come in your land to ravage it, steal your women and stuff. Just joking, we are civilized and wouldn´t do this. In such a small, direct, inefficient scale.
One of the most interesting ideas in this second part of the series is the evolution of language, the forming of its complex meaning and how culture dOne of the most interesting ideas in this second part of the series is the evolution of language, the forming of its complex meaning and how culture defines how the habitat is perceived and described. And dolphins rock.
Some thoughts about the evolution of language and different ways to communicate: Humans adapted to many environments with special words, cults and worshipping standing out elements of nature. Animals may develop similar attitudes and the difference between a conscious ant and a sensible reptile are immense. In the case of animals without organs of speech, mimic and gesture may develop to the complexity of a language in combination with the quick chameleon and octopus colour changes. Even that may not be necessary if state-building insects develop more and more complex hormone and smell controlling abilities that go so far to be used in conversations between intelligent individuals of a state. Take biology, any kind of communication process and just mix it with evolution, genetic engineering and a bit if technical integration and so many ways to babble trivia can be imagined.
The most fascinating aspect of Brin's work is, next do the development of language depending on the habitat and culture of a species, the idea of upliThe most fascinating aspect of Brin's work is, next do the development of language depending on the habitat and culture of a species, the idea of uplifting. Many questions, ideas and plot possibilities come with it:
Have we been uplifted? If we have been uplifted, are we living in a kind of alien zoo? Could this be part of the simulation hypothesis? Is what we do with other animals, such as breeding for thousands of years and now, the hottest new trend, genetic engineering with techniques as CRISPR, not a kind of own style of uplifting? How will we deal with the rights of species, such as wales, octopus, birds, elephants, monkeys, etc. if they develop very high intelligence naturally by evolution or with our help? How can they be integrated into a human or alien society? At which point is a species mature enough to be allowed to uplift other species? If there are different kinds of intelligence, especially with individuals or with hive minds and the uplifter has a preference or completely beliefs in the ideology of one kind of culture, what kind of assimilation is the right one to avoid destroying the culture and polluting it with foreign influences? Culture is the most difficult topic, cause the danger of Cargo Cults and directed, technical development that destroys uniqueness and creativity are ubiquitous. What about the right so stay primitive or at a certain level without further development, because the species prefers to stop all developments at a certain level that seems adequate to them?
This is one of the most astonishing magic capabilities of Sci-Fi, to let the reader with more open than answered questions after finishing reading. Imagine just the sheer amount of all movie, game and literature alien species with extremely detailed culture and how many possibilities of how they might influence each other in a fictive crossover can grow out of a simple mind game. Just Stark Trek vs Star Wars would be an infinite war of possibilities and fandom.
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