Future Humans at the Macleay Museum

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Future Humans at the Macleay Museum
Topic Started: May 25 2010, 11:32 AM (694 Views)
irbaboon	May 25 2010, 11:32 AM Post #1
Adolescent Posts: 345 Group: Members Member #73 Joined: Sep 5, 2008	An interesting article, what do you think? http://www.news.com.au/national/hot-future-paints-an-ugly-face-for-mankind-as-design-student-ryan-hopwood-shows/story-e6frfkvr-1225870810818



Pando	May 25 2010, 11:45 AM Post #2
Obey or I'll send you to the moon Posts: 5,648 Group: Members Member #275 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Area of expertise: Future Evolution	I personally find that design implausible. Why is it supposed to be aquatic, and why does it have such a small mouth?



Toad of Spades	May 25 2010, 11:46 AM Post #3
Clorothod Posts: 624 Group: Members Member #114 Joined: Dec 27, 2008 Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: Street smart is just an excuse for dumb people to use the word smart to describe themselves.	Also why could the teeth change to being all sharp? It looks like they were just adding bat elements to it. Creative, but not plausible. Edited by Toad of Spades, May 25 2010, 11:46 AM.
	Sorry Link, I don't give credit. Come back when you're a little...MMMMMM...Richer. Bread is an animal and humans are %90 aluminum.


Holben	May 25 2010, 12:09 PM Post #4
Rumbo a la Victoria Posts: 14,335 Group: Admin Member #220 Joined: Sep 18, 2009 Area of expertise: Xenobiology	It just looks like a flight of fancy to me, too.
	Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."


Scrublord	May 25 2010, 02:56 PM Post #5
Father Pellegrini Posts: 4,423 Group: Members Member #169 Joined: May 5, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: American (unfortunately) Favorite Quote: Life can seem a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It's never easy when there's so much on the line.	How could Earth's gravity change, short of knocking off a huge chunk of the planet?
	My Projects: The Neozoic Redux Valhalla--Take Three! The Big One Deviantart Account: http://elsqiubbonator.deviantart.com In the end, the best advice I could give you would be to do your project in a way that feels natural to you, rather than trying to imitate some geek with a laptop in Colorado. --Heteromorph


Practically Uninformed	May 25 2010, 03:25 PM Post #6
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	I kinda like the little guy. He could very well be rehabilitated as a survivor of a post-apocalyptic, light-gravity colonial planet.
	You may be a king or a lil' street sweeper, but sooner or later, you'll dance with the reaper!


Pando	May 25 2010, 03:26 PM Post #7
Obey or I'll send you to the moon Posts: 5,648 Group: Members Member #275 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Area of expertise: Future Evolution	Those were scenarios. I actually think the sugar glider human is cool. Make it furry and give it a prehensile tail and then I've been imagining it all my life.



Canis Lupis	May 25 2010, 03:30 PM Post #8
Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth. Posts: 5,881 Group: Away Staff Member #95 Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Gender: Female Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "A speccer once tried to tell me I was wrong. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."	It's cool and is plausible for an exoplanet like in "All Tomorrows". But for Earth? Highly unlikely. Bordering on impossible.



Practically Uninformed	May 25 2010, 03:31 PM Post #9
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	These people should consult us next time.
	You may be a king or a lil' street sweeper, but sooner or later, you'll dance with the reaper!


Canis Lupis	May 25 2010, 03:44 PM Post #10
Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the Earth. Posts: 5,881 Group: Away Staff Member #95 Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Gender: Female Nationality: United States Favorite Quote: "A speccer once tried to tell me I was wrong. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."	They really should.



Holben	May 26 2010, 11:52 AM Post #11
Rumbo a la Victoria Posts: 14,335 Group: Admin Member #220 Joined: Sep 18, 2009 Area of expertise: Xenobiology	I'm sure they will, once we're finished... I have to agree with CL here. Plausibility should become a prerequisite, but can be superseded by a unanimous invocation of the Rule of Cool. I'm not invoking it, so implausible.
	Time flows like a river. Which is to say, downhill. We can tell this because everything is going downhill rapidly. It would seem prudent to be somewhere else when we reach the sea. "It is the old wound my king. It has never healed."


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