RE: >H Posthumans are better than humans

[Mike Ducker <Mducker@perfect-entertainment.co.uk>]

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> Be careful about this.  Dinosaurs were definitely better than
> cockroaches, but
> who is still around.
> 
	I think you'll find, in the event of a Earth Killer sized
asteroid hitting the
	Earth, cockroaches are better than dinosaurs.
	I guess over the life history of the Earth you get your alloted
'I'm best'
	slot, then the environment changes and he who was on the bottom
	suddenly get up on top.
	Without mass extinction I doubt you'd have humans today.

	I often wonder what effect mass extinction would have on a
genetic algorithm
	run testbed.
	Every 10,000 epoch's wipe out 90% of the population.
	Mass agenticide.
	For I would be a cruel God. ;-)

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