This paper is a follow-on to my paper entitled " A New Look at Evolution ". In the second part of... more This paper is a follow-on to my paper entitled " A New Look at Evolution ". In the second part of that paper I propose that humankind will eventually create a conscious machine and that, from that point, the human race must decline until it is extinct.
This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution ... more This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution in all its aspects. It proposes that there are 4 natural selection ‘factors’ that account for all species variation: 1. Information gathering 2. Information storage 3. Information processing 4. Information usage It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism. It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species. The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution ... more This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution in all its aspects. It proposes that there are 4 natural selection ‘factors’ that account for all species variation: 1. Information gathering 2. Information storage 3. Information processing 4. Information usage It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism. It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species. The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
This paper is a follow-on to my paper entitled " A New Look at Evolution ". In the second part of... more This paper is a follow-on to my paper entitled " A New Look at Evolution ". In the second part of that paper I propose that humankind will eventually create a conscious machine and that, from that point, the human race must decline until it is extinct.
This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution ... more This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution in all its aspects. It proposes that there are 4 natural selection ‘factors’ that account for all species variation: 1. Information gathering 2. Information storage 3. Information processing 4. Information usage It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism. It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species. The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution ... more This paper advances the theory that information pressure is the overarching driver for evolution in all its aspects. It proposes that there are 4 natural selection ‘factors’ that account for all species variation: 1. Information gathering 2. Information storage 3. Information processing 4. Information usage It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism. It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species. The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
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1. Information gathering
2. Information storage
3. Information processing
4. Information usage
It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism.
It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species.
The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
1. Information gathering
2. Information storage
3. Information processing
4. Information usage
It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism.
It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species.
The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
1. Information gathering
2. Information storage
3. Information processing
4. Information usage
It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism.
It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species.
The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.
1. Information gathering
2. Information storage
3. Information processing
4. Information usage
It proposes that language – when stored external to the human brain - is replacing DNA as the mechanism for both recording and causing variation in the human species. It further proposes that tools are, in fact, evolutionary variations of the human species in spite of not being part of the physical human organism.
It then goes on to predict that a ‘silo’ effect produced by growing information pressures on the human brain will produce the next significant step in evolution beyond humans. Finally, it speculates on the intermediate steps between humans and the next species, the attributes that species may have, the advantages it may exhibit over humans, and the future of humans in the presence of the next higher species.
The paper is in 2 parts. The first part lays out a theory on what drives the evolution of animals with focus on brain evolution and ongoing human evolution. The second part assumes the theory to be true and speculates on what the next major step in evolution is after humans.