http://phys.org/news/2013-10-rewrite-entire-genomeand-healthy.html
This is a huge first step toward making baseline humans such are ourselves completely irrelevant and paving the way for our post-human, Godlike, Charmin soft extra fluffy descendants. Woot Woot and a Woot woot all around says I! :fap: What say you gaggle of scurvy forum peeps?
Quote from: Buckaroo Banzai on October 19, 2013, 03:48:39 AM
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-rewrite-entire-genomeand-healthy.html
This is a huge first step toward making baseline humans such are ourselves completely irrelevant and paving the way for our post-human, Godlike, Charmin soft extra fluffy descendants. Woot Woot and a Woot woot all around says I! :fap: What say you gaggle of scurvy forum peeps?
I say we program in hideous BEETUS.
Because fuck the future, that's why.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_drUMJ9HF-tQ/SwnY5sq-P-I/AAAAAAAAJgU/jEXau2UQ1a8/s1600/Beetus.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/j7vCAfK.gif)
Quote from: Buckaroo Banzai on October 19, 2013, 03:48:39 AM
http://phys.org/news/2013-10-rewrite-entire-genomeand-healthy.html
This is a huge first step toward making baseline humans such are ourselves completely irrelevant and paving the way for our post-human, Godlike, Charmin soft extra fluffy descendants. Woot Woot and a Woot woot all around says I! :fap: What say you gaggle of scurvy forum peeps?
Thanks, another link for my BREAKING HYPE list.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 19, 2013, 05:40:46 AM
I say we program in hideous BEETUS.
Because fuck the future, that's why.
Not quite enough horrific irony in there for me. Couldn't we make them severely diabetic, otherwise nigh unkillable supermen, whose sweat has the same saccharine composition as a Snickers milkshake. That was something as simple as the secretions from there own skin could drive them into coma followed by inevitable Blue Oyster Cult death?
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Quote from: Buckaroo Banzai on October 20, 2013, 07:01:43 AM
Not quite enough horrific irony in there for me.
You want your money back?
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Figured it might. Because, you know, women are appliances, right? Why not try to perfect them?
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
What about doing something about the spine, which could really use improvement IMO?
Also, gestation and birth... surely, there are ways to improve THAT.
Also, yes to changing sex.
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:06:55 AM
What about doing something about the spine, which could really use improvement IMO?
Also, gestation and birth... surely, there are ways to improve THAT.
Also, yes to changing sex.
Spine needs a Hero Shrew upgrade.
(http://s1.ibtimes.com/sites/www.ibtimes.com/files/styles/v2_article_large/public/2013/07/24/hero-shrew.gif)
Gestation and birth...how about going the way of marsupials? Except the pouch would develop during pregnancy and disappear after the baby is weaned.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
Agreed. Human morphology should be functional and fabulous.
Whoa, that spine looks like a SERIOUS upgrade! I want one!
Pouch might not be a bad idea. Even better, depositing eggs in the water and leaving. :lulz:
(Mostly just kidding about that, I mean really. But maybe dropping a fist-sized permeable "egg" into a nutrient bath and just making sure it was fed and protected until it hatched might be an upgrade.)
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:06:55 AM
What about doing something about the spine, which could really use improvement IMO?
Also, gestation and birth... surely, there are ways to improve THAT.
Also, yes to changing sex.
There's a short story by neil Gaiman called 'Changes' you should check out if you haven't already. it's about a world in which a cure for cancer works by rebooting your genetic code, yet as a side effect your sex chromosomes switch teams.
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Why would you dream that? :eek: Locusts the size of steam engines sounds terrible. Instead, Polar Bears the size of dogs. Ooh, i would also like to reclaim some of my monkey parts and parkour across town.
also a nonlocalized brain might be nice, one that exists as several nodes throughout the body, and is able to process the activities of the body with heightened precision.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 22, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Why would you dream that? :eek: Locusts the size of steam engines sounds terrible. Instead, Polar Bears the size of dogs. Ooh, i would also like to reclaim some of my monkey parts and parkour across town.
I dream big.
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Ass tentacles. Useful as fuck.
And yeah, 3 arms. There is no sensible reason for a tool-using species to have only two arms. You need to arms to hold whatever it is, and one spindly arm with loads of joints in it for manipulating stuff.
Which, incidentally, is the best argument against intelligent design ever. Besides the "only have two eyes" thing.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
I am against this sort of thing.
DOUR,
Ook. OOK, I SAY!
Quote from: Kai on October 22, 2013, 01:36:25 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 22, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Why would you dream that? :eek: Locusts the size of steam engines sounds terrible. Instead, Polar Bears the size of dogs. Ooh, i would also like to reclaim some of my monkey parts and parkour across town.
I dream big.
I am for this sort of thing.
If the future doesn't have gigantic fucking lizards and praying mantises the size of Mack trucks, FUCK THE FUTURE. I hope it never comes.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 22, 2013, 01:36:25 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 22, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Why would you dream that? :eek: Locusts the size of steam engines sounds terrible. Instead, Polar Bears the size of dogs. Ooh, i would also like to reclaim some of my monkey parts and parkour across town.
I dream big.
I am for this sort of thing.
If the future doesn't have gigantic fucking lizards and praying mantises the size of Mack trucks, FUCK THE FUTURE. I hope it never comes.
See, now giant lizards i can get behind. GOJIRA! :argh!:
though am i the only one hoping for seamless cyborg upgrades before genetic enhancements?
redundant blood circulating organs.
something to replace the shitty teeth we have.
more efficient digestion so we can use that torso space for a centrally located armored brain.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 22, 2013, 04:56:34 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:05:55 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 22, 2013, 01:36:25 AM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 22, 2013, 01:26:35 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 21, 2013, 04:57:20 PM
One of my friends once sat down and tried to speculate about what would happen if you were to modify the appendix, since we don't know much about what it does other than if helps to propagate certain bacteria. This of course ended in theorizing how to make women lactate beer, because of course it did.
Weak. The appendix is a microbiome storage system. If your gut fauna gets wiped out by disease or antibacterials, your appendix is the center of recolonization.
Also, beer lactation? Weak. How about appendage asymmetry? How about armoring the brain and putting it in the center of the body? How about fiddling around with the gonosomes so that people can change sex like clown fish? You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Why would you dream that? :eek: Locusts the size of steam engines sounds terrible. Instead, Polar Bears the size of dogs. Ooh, i would also like to reclaim some of my monkey parts and parkour across town.
I dream big.
I am for this sort of thing.
If the future doesn't have gigantic fucking lizards and praying mantises the size of Mack trucks, FUCK THE FUTURE. I hope it never comes.
See, now giant lizards i can get behind. GOJIRA! :argh!:
And guinea worms big enough to knock you down and take your lunch.
GUINEA WORMS!
(google it, and admire mother nature for the fucking psycho that she really is. Also, digger wasps. And tarantula hawks for the more advanced students out there.)
Quote from: Don Coyote on October 22, 2013, 05:08:59 AM
redundant blood circulating organs.
something to replace the shitty teeth we have.
more efficient digestion so we can use that torso space for a centrally located armored brain.
Second set of eyes on the sides of our heads, like birds have, so we can see the fucking leopards coming.
Sky Sharks. That is all.
furry squids
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:04:32 AM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
I am against this sort of thing.
DOUR,
Ook. OOK, I SAY!
You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.
Gills. A pair of those and I could fucking all the tsunamis
How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?
Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.
Also,
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Kai is sounding more like a mad scientist each day. This pleases me.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 07:37:29 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:04:32 AM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
I am against this sort of thing.
DOUR,
Ook. OOK, I SAY!
You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.
The front of my brain already understands this concept.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 22, 2013, 02:07:26 PM
How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?
Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.
Also,
Quote from: Kai on October 21, 2013, 11:52:44 PM
You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.
Kai is sounding more like a mad scientist each day. This pleases me.
Hey, it would be dinosaurs, except the Jurassic Park dreams of my childhood didn't pay out. Turns out that DNA doesn't survive 65 million years of sedimentary processes. Even collagen is usually contaminated. Jack Horner is working on giving chickens teeth, fingers, and tails, but it just isn't the same.
There are some major challenges ahead, namely, making chitin stronger and lighter, and the insect equivalent of lungs. Once we've passed the physical constraints, getting them bigger is a simple act of feeding and breeding. I think of it as a moral imperative.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 22, 2013, 02:07:26 PM
How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?
Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.
Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 04:34:36 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 22, 2013, 02:07:26 PM
How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?
Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.
Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.
In the 30s, the "man of the future" had a tiny body and a great big brain.
:lulz:
HAW HAW! Got it BACKWARDS, just like every other prediction of the future.
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 04:34:36 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 22, 2013, 02:07:26 PM
How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?
Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.
Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.
Humans and foresight are incompatible. I've read a study.
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
Isn't projectile throwing just applied mathematics that are understood intuitively or subconsciously?
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.
Quote from: Don Nigel on October 22, 2013, 10:58:48 PM
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
Isn't projectile throwing just applied mathematics that are understood intuitively or subconsciously?
Arguably?
Everything (http://xkcd.com/435/) is sufficiently applied mathematics, though.
It's tricky because humanity has only ever come into contact with two real computing devices: the brain, and the computer. The computer is easier to understand (cuz we built it) and does everything through math, so it's tempting to imagine the brain works the same way. When a computer throws a projectile, it uses trigonometry and polynomials, but that doesn't imply that the human brain does. Going the other direction, I have a "predictive keyboard" on my phone that guesses the word I'm trying to type, and is aware of context. It's all probability and proximity graphs. Humans can also guess what word someone is about to say next, only they're way better at it, which suggests they might be using a different mechanism.
Quote from: Kai on October 22, 2013, 11:45:25 PM
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.
If it can receive, it can transmit; just run the power backwards.
I'm OK with basing my body plan around such a thing. I'm thinking giant starfish or cephalopod, with the rigid upper shell curled inwards to form a dish, a mess of manipulators and appendages around the outer edge, and a massive central brain next to the dish for protection and shorter distance to the receiver. Since I'll need to keep the dish clear anyway, might as well cover it in photosynthetic thingies in some kind of transparent matrix instead of trying to optimize surface area.
We float in the ocean, a vast array of human-starfish satellites, basking in the sun and maintaining a shared radio-mind while we work out how to do the same trick in orbit.
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 23, 2013, 02:14:05 AM
Quote from: Kai on October 22, 2013, 11:45:25 PM
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.
If it can receive, it can transmit; just run the power backwards.
I'm OK with basing my body plan around such a thing. I'm thinking giant starfish or cephalopod, with the rigid upper shell curled inwards to form a dish, a mess of manipulators and appendages around the outer edge, and a massive central brain next to the dish for protection and shorter distance to the receiver. Since I'll need to keep the dish clear anyway, might as well cover it in photosynthetic thingies in some kind of transparent matrix instead of trying to optimize surface area.
We float in the ocean, a vast array of human-starfish satellites, basking in the sun and maintaining a shared radio-mind while we work out how to do the same trick in orbit.
Commercials you can't turn off. Well done, that man.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 02:45:15 PM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 07:37:29 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:04:32 AM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
I am against this sort of thing.
DOUR,
Ook. OOK, I SAY!
You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.
The front of my brain already understands this concept.
But you HAVE a front brain. Some seem not to, and would sit there and play with the breasts until they starved to death, just like the coke monkeys.
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on October 23, 2013, 02:40:58 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 02:45:15 PM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 07:37:29 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 22, 2013, 04:04:32 AM
Quote from: Not Your Nigel on October 22, 2013, 12:08:20 AM
And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.
I am against this sort of thing.
DOUR,
Ook. OOK, I SAY!
You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.
The front of my brain already understands this concept.
But you HAVE a front brain. Some seem not to, and would sit there and play with the breasts until they starved to death, just like the coke monkeys.
My front brain is powerless in the face of the monkey that lives in the back, in the muck at the top of my spine.
:lulz:
The monkey always prevails.
Quote from: Don Nigel on October 22, 2013, 10:58:48 PM
Quote from: Golden Applesauce on October 22, 2013, 10:57:11 PM
I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.
Isn't projectile throwing just applied mathematics that are understood intuitively or subconsciously?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626142710.htm
QuoteHow Throwing Made Us Human
June 26, 2013 — Little leaguers and professional baseball players alike have our extinct ancestors to thank for their success on the mound, shows a study by George Washington University researcher Neil Roach, which is featured on the cover of the June 27 edition of the journal Nature. Of course, the ability to throw fast and accurately did not evolve so our ancestors could play ball. Instead, Dr. Roach's study proposes that this ability first evolved nearly 2 million years ago to aid in hunting. Humans are unique in their throwing ability, even when compared to our chimpanzee cousins.
"Chimpanzees are incredibly strong and athletic, yet adult male chimps can only throw about 20 miles per hour -- one-third the speed of a 12-year-old little league pitcher," said Dr. Roach, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral scientist in GW's Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Roach and colleagues from Harvard University set out to discover how humans throw so well, and when and why this ability evolved.
Using a 3-D camera system, like those used to make video games and animated movies, they recorded the throwing motions of collegiate baseball players, finding that the human shoulder acts much like a slingshot during a throw, storing and releasing large amounts of energy. "When humans throw, we first rotate our arms backwards away from the target. It is during this 'arm-cocking' phase that humans stretch the tendons and ligaments crossing their shoulder and store elastic energy," Dr. Roach said. "When this energy is released, it accelerates the arm forward, generating the fastest motion the human body produces, resulting in a very fast throw."
Dr. Roach and colleagues also found that certain anatomical features in the torso, shoulder and arm that evolved in our hominin ancestors made this energy storage possible. These features that allow humans to throw so well first appeared in the species Homo erectus approximately 2 million years ago. "We think that throwing was probably most important early on in terms of hunting behavior, enabling our ancestors to effectively and safely kill big game," Dr. Roach said. "Eating more calorie-rich meat and fat would have allowed our ancestors to grow larger brains and bodies and expand into new regions of the world -- all of which helped make us who we are today."
Dr. Roach's study may also have important modern-day implications for some athletes. Baseball pitchers, for example, throw much more frequently than our ancestors probably did. "At the end of the day, despite the fact that we evolved to throw, when we overuse this ability it can end up injuring us," Dr. Roach said.
The next step for Dr. Roach and his colleagues is researching what humans were throwing so long ago, especially since stone projectile points don't appear in the archaeological record until much more recently. The likely weapons of choice? Rocks and sharpened wooden spears.
See also: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/05/how-the-human-brain-tracks-a-100-mph-fastball/
That is NOT the fastest motion a human generates.
At least not since Indian food was invented.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 23, 2013, 03:53:07 AM
That is NOT the fastest motion a human generates.
At least not since Indian food was invented.
:lulz:
As per Suu, we need the ability for DOUR to grow a technicolor Fu Manchu moustache that changes color at will.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 23, 2013, 12:34:03 PM
As per Suu, we need the ability for DOUR to grow a technicolor Fu Manchu moustache that changes color at will.
I got nothing better to do...
I want the ability to psychically share experiences as though i had lived them myself.
Quote from: Chelagoras The Boulder on October 23, 2013, 10:30:32 PM
I want the ability to psychically share experiences as though i had lived them myself.
Okay. We can round up a couple of cancer victims and connect your brains.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 23, 2013, 03:53:07 AM
That is NOT the fastest motion a human generates.
At least not since Indian food was invented.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: