Human Origins: Are we hybrids?

soopaman2 · 12-02-13, 03:22 PM

I saw an interview on a radio show with dr Neil Degrasse Tyson, a world famous astrophysicist, and director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC.

When asked about why we seem to be above animals by the hosts he said this.

I hope I can convey it right, it may get long.

He said, we are only a slight percentage of DNA off from our closest relatives, say a chimpanzee. We as humans see all animals the same, even though a catfish, may be vastly smarter than a cod, we do not see that because they are so far below us. A chimp can do what most human toddlers can do.

Now imagine a being who is a slight DNA percentage ahead of us, as we are above apes/chimps, these beings will be wheeling Stephen Hawking forward, and marveling about how it can do astrophysics calculations in its head, like this beings little kid.

In other words, human intelligence is not the standard. We are not the top dogs. the law of probability says so.

For interview look up Opie and Anthony, Neil Degrasse Tyson on you tube, and click on the latest dated one. It is there, and he explains it so much better than me.

(edit also check out Dr. Michio Kakus books about the types of civilizations type I type II etc, we are currently a type one, and very much barely.) We barely got simple fusion under control.

We are not hot stuff, in the grand scheme of things, we are nothing.

12-02-13, 03:22 PM	#12
soopaman2 Der Alte Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 3,316 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	I saw an interview on a radio show with dr Neil Degrasse Tyson, a world famous astrophysicist, and director of the Hayden Planetarium in NYC. When asked about why we seem to be above animals by the hosts he said this. I hope I can convey it right, it may get long. He said, we are only a slight percentage of DNA off from our closest relatives, say a chimpanzee. We as humans see all animals the same, even though a catfish, may be vastly smarter than a cod, we do not see that because they are so far below us. A chimp can do what most human toddlers can do. Now imagine a being who is a slight DNA percentage ahead of us, as we are above apes/chimps, these beings will be wheeling Stephen Hawking forward, and marveling about how it can do astrophysics calculations in its head, like this beings little kid. In other words, human intelligence is not the standard. We are not the top dogs. the law of probability says so. For interview look up Opie and Anthony, Neil Degrasse Tyson on you tube, and click on the latest dated one. It is there, and he explains it so much better than me. (edit also check out Dr. Michio Kakus books about the types of civilizations type I type II etc, we are currently a type one, and very much barely.) We barely got simple fusion under control. We are not hot stuff, in the grand scheme of things, we are nothing. __________________ If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. -Winston Churchill- The most fascinating man in the world. Last edited by soopaman2; 12-02-13 at 03:39 PM.