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Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 7:28 pm
by C Elegans
@Frogus: The score in Jaws or the score in 2001?
Dave does not escape the cycle of meaningless evolution, on the contrary he evolves into the new type of human species after having been in contact with the monolith. Remember after the light show, he is sitting in this white room and he is aging? He/humanity is then "reborn" as the new species, the fetus that floats through space.
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 4:33 am
by Mr Sleep
Originally posted by C Elegans
Dave does not escape the cycle of meaningless evolution, on the contrary he evolves into the new type of human species after having been in contact with the monolith. Remember after the light show, he is sitting in this white room and he is aging? He/humanity is then "reborn" as the new species, the fetus that floats through space.
Why a fetus, the previous evolutionary leaps didn't begin with the child, for instance the ape evolves to learn to use new tools, his evolution doesn't start at his birth, rather when he comes into contact with the Monolith.
Perhaps it is trying to make a point that the most highly evolved creatures on planet Earth are the innocent and pure children?
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2002 5:00 am
by Sojourner
Well, one of the ideas present in Science Fiction is that humanity was "seeded" by a more advanced race. Arthur C. Clarke puts a twist on this idea - with aliens taking an already existing race and modifying/speeding up the course of their evolution.
The theme of several of Arthur C. Clarke's books is that humans are destined to evolve into higher beings if only they can overcome their warlike tendencies, and that we are not alone. Try reading Childhood's End.