Ooh, not bad. Not bad at all. Rather too close to my own fictional
theory to comfort, actually, but I like to keep my work close to my
chest. Funny no one responded to this, maybe I should drop it. Oh
well, we'll see.
-Thylacine
If I don't stop responding I'll never catch up here...
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_y..., pmykonos_at_h... wrote:
> Many different theories abound on "The Origins of Anthros". I
really
> love that trend.
> Beyond what Teenage Mutant Turtles may seem to be as far as
> scientific theories go, it still had a quite interesting view.
> It would seem that humans have not 'evolved' but are, by pure luck,
> being the only one to have 'unleashed' a secret gene that every
> living species seem to share.
> There seems to be in all Life a potential to reach a state of super-
> being, if one specie is lucky enough to have its trigger activated
> they start mutating into a kind of pure humanoid form imbued with
> increased mental abilities.
> That's why all 'mutants' (or anthros here) have their body
attempting
> to reach that shape. They differ on details (fangs, fur, tails etc)
> but ultimately none of the primitive animal 'bases' own that shape;
> they are in the process of reaching a unified goal.
> Amusingly the shape resembles one of the little gray aliens. Its
> physically weak because the physical power (or *bio-energy* as they
> call it) is getting converted into mental power. Aliens or humans
who
> have mutated more, will be endowed with more psichic powers as
> they 'sacrifice' their physical abilities. At the very end of that
> evolutionary race is theorized to be a form of pure mental energy.
>
> In a way humans as we know them are as far removed from primates
> physicaly as they are mentally, no longer really animals but on a
> freakish evolutionary path.
>
> I don't know about how you would see that. I just tought it was an
> interesting way of explaining the evolution mish-mash between
humans
> and anthros. This would also leave room for a massive genetic
trigger
> among many species because it could happen while excluding some
> members of their breeding stock. An accidental trigger could be
made
> among many species when they reach a certain shape or biological
> advancement. (EI if you got this much brains, average this size,
this
> minimum of social skills, than the genes activate) Since the
> evolution is a slow process, even if the various animals start
> gaining sentience many centuries apart they would probably come
> shoulder to shoulder in abilities at the same time.
> (accounting for technological thievery, cooperation etc)
>
> Of course it still does not prevent a sentient species from
deciding
> it wants to stand alone on the top.
>
> (wiouu!! waaay too long a letter)
> Stoping now.
> Payne
Received on Sat Oct 27 2001 - 22:56:51 CDT