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What comes after humans?


J. Hughes


New Scientist

November 16, 2006

Since 1956 New Scientist has been keeping its readers up to date with the latest science and technology news from around the world. In this week’s 50th anniversary issue, available as a digital download, New Scientist decided to tackle eight of the deepest challenges faced by science - from reality and consciousness, to free will and death, in The Big Questions special features, with “the help of some of the leading lights in science.” In this essay James Hughes addresses What Comes After Homo sapiens?


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Posted by prasala  on  07/19  at  12:11 AM

One of the famous writers in India had answered for a question that The next cylce of human being will have two heads ,four eyes , two noses and mouths when he was asked "what comes after humans"? .
May be his answer is funny at the same time it made me to think a lot in the subject. Now I have come to know a little after reading this artilce. We can get information like this only in this site. Thank you.
http://www.atlanticcity.com



Posted by louis  on  02/01  at  09:58 AM

i am a teenager age 16 and although people do not think much about what will happen in the future but to me,it means a lot and what i am curious about is what really comes after the human cycle?



Posted by veronica  on  02/01  at  02:54 PM

When that first potential post-human comes into being, the scientists will have a huge dragged-out debate as to whether he is a human or a post-human. The individual decisions will likely be based more on wishful thinking than on evaluating him against agreed upon parameters.

Just my guess.



Posted by i  on  10/08  at  01:32 PM

only god knows!!!!



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