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Scientific research should focus on improving human intelligence and memory. Higher intelligence will also accelerate human progress in all the areas of science and humanities. It will be the next level of evolution.
There should be a separate branch of science for this, combining multiple disciplines.
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It's an interesting point. Although intelligent people generally (but not always) appear to find life more difficult or are prone to certain things. So the way we advance is to build better tools to assist us (i.e. computers). They think faster than we do (in mathematical terms, anyway) and can store and index information better (in many ways, but not all) than a human brain.
One very interesting question is whether people who are intelligent have problems because of the intelligence or whether their brains are different and the differences causes both the intelligence and the problems. If it's the latter, it means we could simulate intelligence in humans without causing them problems. And so, yes, I'm going to agree with you (based on that caveat).
The problem with this is, the humanities have ignored the science, and if they continue to do so, Technological Civilisation will collapse, and thus progress will regress.
Yes find a way to improve education. Adding to that I will say that we need to reform the schools. First off they are ran like a dictatorship so no student has the right to be protected. Second a lot of people in most of these schools are not focused on who is learning. The schools seems more preoccupied with their own pay checks not the welfare and education of the students. Even the health of these students is neglected for the sake of who pays the school a extra 1000. Kind of sounds like some greedy ass politicians don't it? "Children are the future"! We should all remember that.
I don't think this is the next level of evolution. Science is always making advances but humans are not always responsible with the gained knowledge.
I think science itself will evolve and come about a new discipline organically. You can't force evolution of thought. And who knows, maybe it will be something old that gets a shiny new perspective.
i Agree. but my memory is always high i know its not with other people and there memory level and intelligence.
i have no clue what memory level number i am at
probably low or in the middle being that i am retarded in all who knows.
I have a problem with the phrase "the next stage of evolution". Evolution is a constant process which is always happening. It doesn't come in stages. Every part of the human body is always evolving, even if it's immeasurably slowly. I guess you could think of evolutions as in stages, but that gives (to me, anyway) the connotation that certain parts of our evolution just pause while evolution "works on" something else, which isn't how it works.
I'm sure there are already people researching ways to make humans smarter. I mean, of course that research should happen and it probably already is. I don't know why anyone would say it shouldn't. We should continue researching other things too, like the environment and how we can improve our physical health. If it didn't, we'd all die. Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but isn't this all extremely obvious? :L
Artificial body parts and implants, use of genetic manipulations to replace harmful genes or even for designer babies would be a form of self-made evolution. A highly advanced civilization can shape its own evolution. It would be extremely rapid as compared to natural evolution and therefore, it could considered as a stage of evolution.
Ah, I get what you mean. That wouldn't really be "evolution" though, would it, because that implies natural change, the natural difference between your genes and your child's genes. I kind of get how generic manipulation could kind of be considered evolution, but it's very iffy. I'd call it something else. Although "self-made evolution" is a good phrase to use if you were trying to sell the idea or something :P
"I mean, of course that research should happen and it probably already is."
It isn't happening already. There isn't really a focus on intelligence improvement research. It's not in the mainstream science. May be because it's moral issue to many people, e.g., there are drugs available which are categorized as cognitive function enhancers, but they are only used to treat neuro-degenerative disorders and have not been tested on healthy individuals. Increasing intelligence will require a multidisciplinary approach including neurology, biotechnology, computer sciences, nanotechnology etc.
Maybe we just have different ideas of how strong the focus should be. I think if we're going to use any science it should be to help the worst off first - to bring everyone to the same or a similar benchmark. I wouldn't view intelligence increasing science which also helps the most intelligent to be "necessary science", only "science we can do once all the problems that are affecting the worst off are solved". I don't know... my viewpoint is probably too simplistic (I know what I've said is annoyingly simplistic).