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Does everyone believe that this is what the future will be like? I somewhat do. It makes scence based on the way evolution has happened.

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Well, the future will surely not end up like in The Future is Wild. Evolution is unpredictable, caused by unpredictable factors. If we redo the last 300 million years of evolution, things would follow a completely different path. The dinosaurs might never even evolve! The only things that would still happen would be meteor strikes and such. The chances of there being Squibbons 200 million years in the future are nearly zero.

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I personally do not think so. First off, evolution is simply a theory. Much of what we know about it comes from educated guesses, estimates and other speculation. Even much of what is believed about dinosaurs (their lifestyles, the divisions of the eras of time, how they evolved, prehistoric geology and such) is pie-in-the-sky. We base these theories on what we know about nature and wildlife and the Earth, and even that is fundamentally flawed and limited. So you see, it is a guess based on a guess based on a guess.

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I'm not saying that it's going to end up with snowstalkers, Flish, and the other creatures. I'm just saying do you think that nature is going to evolve in a small way.

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First off, evolution is simply a theory.

No. No, no, no, no, no. Evolution is not "simply a theory". Evolution is a fact.

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I personally do not think so. First off, evolution is simply a theory. Much of what we know about it comes from educated guesses, estimates and other speculation. Even much of what is believed about dinosaurs (their lifestyles, the divisions of the eras of time, how they evolved, prehistoric geology and such) is pie-in-the-sky. We base these theories on what we know about nature and wildlife and the Earth, and even that is fundamentally flawed and limited. So you see, it is a guess based on a guess based on a guess.

I can't believe how often I hear this complete misunderstanding of the concept of a theory. Evolution is a fact. There are several theories about its mechanism, but no educated person seriously doubts that it takes place. Studying the fossil record is sort of like studying a crime scene. A lot can be reconstructed from rather thin evidence. Some of it we are going to have more confidence with than others.
When a film maker mounts a production like Walking with Dinosaurs or The Future is Wild, a lot of dramatic license is taken and some people’s theories are chosen over others and blank areas simply filled in. A really good example is the Diplodocus tail semaphore thing in WWD. In The Future is Wild all of the evidence comes from past evolutionary trends, some genetic evidence and a lot of guesses and the makers of the series make it clear that this exact future is unlikely but plausible given what we presently think we know.

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Do you even know what THEORY means in context on science

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_%28science%29#science

"In science a theory is a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise verified through empirical observation. For the scientist, "theory" is not in any way an antonym of "fact". For example, it is a fact that an apple dropped on earth has been observed to fall towards the center of the planet, and the theories commonly used to describe and explain this behavior are Newton's theory of universal gravitation (see also gravitation), and the general theory of relativity."



Evolution may just simply be a theory but it is a tested theory one which has stood 150 years of tests, revisions and it is still standing it is the best example of the scientific method in pratice ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

this is completly differnt from a Hypothesis which is bacisly what you mean because the coman useage on theory atcually the definition of hpothesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis

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No its scientific FACT. There is proof that its going on now; look at bacteria/parasites/viruses/Fungi, there are always evolving in to new strains and species. There is proof it happens; also look at junk DNA, it has genes from many extinct or other living species. That is proof of evolution.

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if we follow the science, it will happen. But lets say a meteor hits the eart at the 5 million year mark. That would mess up the ENTIRE thing from then on. it makes perfect sense.

I disaggree with humans alive at that time. If we will kill ourselves in war and greed. You dont need science to know that!

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Evolution is a theory not a law. Though, the most scientifically acceptable theory at that that isn't based off of a book like creationism. (For the book I fully support evolution etc.)

Plus the sun still has 5 billion or so years left in it. Certainly enough time for anything to happen. While I think some of the creatures in this special are a bit extreme, anything is possible. Who knows, similar stuff could exist in the future. I notice the series seems to follow the eventual demise of the mammal in way of other creatures... which is a real possibility.

We'll just have to wait and see ;-)


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I don't know if Dougal Dixon created the animals for The Future is Wild(it says "images developed by Dugal Dixon" in the credits), but I enjoyed his book After Man: the Zoology of the Future a lot more than this show. Not that I don't like this show, but I feel After Man's creatures were more beliveable and much more likely to evolve than the Future is Wild's flora and fauna.

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I LOVE 'After Man.' ;] Great book.

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The Amazon becoming a grassland is likely though. Humans may try and breed lions there. Sloths may develop claws shaped like spades for digging with. I read that the Mediterranean WILL be squashed by Africa in about 5 million years. I do think because of global warming whales may lose their blubber. Penguins may also develop flight and become less specialised to ice and snow. Australia may collide with China and a species of Mountain Kangaroo may develop. Maybe with some luck and human help Giant Pandas may start feeding on fish and meat.

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Evolution is a theory not a law. Though, the most scientifically acceptable theory at that that isn't based off of a book like creationism. (For the book I fully support evolution etc.)

Evolution, strictly speaking, isn't a theory. It is an observed fact of nature. The theories of evolution concern the mechanism by which it takes place, for instance Darwinism vs. Lamarkism or gradualism vs. puctuated equilibrium.

Plus the sun still has 5 billion or so years left in it. Certainly enough time for anything to happen. While I think some of the creatures in this special are a bit extreme, anything is possible. Who knows, similar stuff could exist in the future. I notice the series seems to follow the eventual demise of the mammal in way of other creatures... which is a real possibility.

We'll just have to wait and see ;-)


The sun will indeed remain lit for another 5 billion years or so, but complex life on Earth only has about 500 million years to go. Solar evolution will cause the sun to increase in radiation output over time and in about half a billion years it will be hot enough to evaporate the oceans. Water is a greenhouse gas and with all of that water in the atmosphere the temperatures will climb to a point where the environment will resemble that of Venus. No multicellular life will survive that and all that will be left will be extremophilic microbes. The sun will then shine on a dead Earth until it becomes a red giant some four and a half billion years later at which point the planet will likely be destroyed all together.

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Strictly speak, no it is a theory. One I believe to be true, but a theory none the less.

There is no definitive proof that it is true...only evidence that points to that conclusion (that said there is a small of evidence against it...which still need to be explained at the presence).

There are also different sub-theories of evolutions as it were. Darwinian Evolution being one (slightly outdated, but most famous in popular culture) form.

Oh and by the way, it is known in the scientific community as 'The Theory of Evolution'!

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The sun will indeed remain lit for another 5 billion years or so, but complex life on Earth only has about 500 million years to go. Solar evolution will cause the sun to increase in radiation output over time and in about half a billion years it will be hot enough to evaporate the oceans. Water is a greenhouse gas and with all of that water in the atmosphere the temperatures will climb to a point where the environment will resemble that of Venus. No multicellular life will survive that and all that will be left will be extremophilic microbes. The sun will then shine on a dead Earth until it becomes a red giant some four and a half billion years later at which point the planet will likely be destroyed all together.


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No, I don't think it's very realistic. Assuming Earth is still around that far into the future, nothing that extreme will happen.
Earth will be around for at least 5 billion years, then the sun will expand and scorch it (if memory serves me correctly). That is, if we haven't blown it up by then. But why wouldn't anything that extreme happen? It's happened before, many of today's animals are just as extreme and bizarre.


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What a completely original idea...they should make a movie about that :-P

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