A bit of an odd one, but a thought that came to mind this evening - probably the Port!
I studied Biology at University and the subjects that were of most interest were evolution and genetic science. Ever since, I have maintained an amateur level of interest in the theories of natural selection and emergence. Follow this by a discussion in our house about the extremes that humans can survive within, from minus 30 Celsius in a South Pole weather station, to plus 50 Celsius at many parts of the equator; evolution and adaption through natural selection makes this possible.
So consider what would happen if you took a modern human out of the environment that they are comfortable within and dropped them into somewhere hostile. For instance, how long would I personally survive within the jungle on my own? I would like to think I could, but in reality I probably wouldn't for too long.
But, what happens if you dropped someone into a new environment with a laptop, power and a connection? They could find out what to eat, how to build a shelter, what animals were poisonous; in fact everything they would need to survive!
There was an argument made during my studies by Steve Jones at University college London that humans in the West have stopped evolving and instead we force the environment around us to evolve to our requirements. Could it be that the Internet helps us transcend environment and bypasses the need for evolution in the way Steve described?
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