Alright lets talk about genetics in science fiction.
Firstly, a B-movie titled Evolution. this movie is full of scientific fallacies(lies). It starts off with a meteor crashing into a cave system. The geologist go in and takes some samples and finds out that the nucleic acids are nitrogen based instead of the normal carbon based life of earth, and while he's looking at the cells under the microscope he sees them change from single-cellular to multi-cellular(plot device anyone?). In a matter of hours apparently the ecosystem evolves to support reptile life(dinosaurs). Then, a few days later there are apelike beings wondering out of the caves. The government destroys the alien life with fire, but when extreme ecosystems arre encountered the only thin to survive are single-celled organisms (that apparently grow exponentially when exposed to fire?). All of those fallacies don't bother me as much as the last one. Since carbon-based life dies when given arsenic, so using the same movement on the periodic table from nitrogen must be what can be used to kill this large single cell alien. Selenium which is apparently in toothpaste. So they basically give the alien a selenium enema.
Its a bad movie. Watch it if you want to, just complain at the TV every time they use false logic for me.
Now for the apocalypse. Group Ginger knows that I disagree with the zombie apocalypse. It's not my first choice for a possible end. What I believe to be more likely is similar to Planet of the Apes. Yes, we will experiment with animals and intelligence. Yes, the experiment will revolt against the humans, but why would we stop with apes. There are many other animals that a scientist would test on: foxes, wolves, reptiles, even Aves(birds). I'm pretty sure that the first experiment to break out will be a fox or a wolf, and they'll just tear through any humans in their way whilst releasing the other experiments. While the wolf is breaking out the apes are just going to be flinging their poop. Yes, the other base of this apocalypse was from a story written by a furry.
Matthew Goodman
Your theory about animals taking over the world seems very thought out. I don't know if I think that a scientist can make such a discovery to completely change the structure of a mind though. I guess I have never really put that much thought into just how the end of the world might actually play out.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen that movie, but the way you described it makes me not want to... who wants to watch an alien race die from brushing their teeth?
ReplyDeleteI really like the different point of view on the end of the world, but no offense, I'm not quite buying it. Yes, I might be a little too attached to the Zombie Apocalypse, but I think it's more likely we end up mutating ourselves the wrong way from nuclear waste, some disease, etc.. before animals suddenly become a exponentially more intelligent. I'm not sure how a wolf will evolve from howling and barking, into something that could tear us apart. If somehow they started increasing in size by a great amount and bullet proof, then i could see where your going with this.
But i also agree, yet disagree on the ape part, yes it's possible the apes will "end us" because it's already happening. Are we not "evolved forms" of apes already? Are we not destroying ourselves already?
I like the last part of your article about animals becoming smart very well though out
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