If different human species exist today ....

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by olckicker, Oct 29, 2004.

  1. olckicker

    olckicker Member

    Jan 30, 2001
    Can they get along? Given the fierce and often fatal tribalism between homosapiens I'm inclined to say no. At best an earth with multiple human species would have caste societies. For example, neanderthals and the newly discovered "hobbits" would be relegated to lower castes like slaves or pets.
     
  2. Bob Morocco

    Bob Morocco Member+

    Aug 11, 2003
    Billings, MT
    Have you ever scene an episode of any of the many Star Trek series? If not you will find your answer there.
     
  3. bungadiri

    bungadiri Super Moderator
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    Jan 25, 2002
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    Let's use the higher non-human primates as a stand-in for these hypothetical non-human hominids. Chimps, gorillas, orangutans, and gibbons are all heading for extinction in a matter of decades. There's your answer.
     
  4. metroflip73

    metroflip73 Member

    Mar 3, 2000
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    Let's bring it further along. Let's say we get off-planet and discover a planet full of backwards peoples, but reside on a planet laden with mineral resources that we need to ensure our survival or ensure our dominion.

    Looks like slavery or eradication all over again.
     
  5. AFCA

    AFCA Member

    Jul 16, 2002
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    Yeah... I'd bet people would pay good money to phvck a little Hobbit girl.
     
  6. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
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    At one time apes were one of the most successful families of mammals. In fact, one geological era has been called the "Age of Apes". But the great apes have been wiping each other out for millions of years now. So we are no different than our predecessors.
     
  7. bungadiri

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    Jan 25, 2002
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    Well at least one difference is that we're the first to be aware of what we're doing.
     
  8. 1953 4-2-4

    1953 4-2-4 Red Card

    Jan 11, 2004
    Cleveland
    Or just MAYBE, if we're to the point of colonizing planets, we MAY just be to the point where we have functional robots that do our "slave" work. Just guessing.
     
  9. argentine soccer fan

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    Jan 18, 2001
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    Maybe if the other human species kisses up to us enough we just might get along. We do get along with dogs, after all.
     
  10. metroflip73

    metroflip73 Member

    Mar 3, 2000
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    Naw, human nature indicates we will eradicate them, enslave them, or give them enough sustinance to survive, only to have their existance secondary to ours.

    The functional robots will do the eradicating or to enforce the enslavement, and to transport the mineral resources back to the home planet.
     

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