Kat_Kloud Posted July 29, 2004 #1 Share Posted July 29, 2004 (edited) An example of transcending is going from cavemen who say "Uhg" and stuff to a complex race like we are now. We are transcending everyday we become something that exceeds what we were... greater, more intellectual, etc. Can this, in any way, be related to a type of "evolution"? Edited July 29, 2004 by Kat_Kloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
by-product of evolution Posted July 29, 2004 #2 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Of course! Over millions of years, our brain became bigger. Consequently we can learn more things. But big brain without learning doesn't give much intellectual capacities, like children raised by wolves. Those children behave exactly like wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnSide Posted July 29, 2004 #3 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I find what you are talking about to be covered by the word evolution not transending. I find transending to be more used for describing the transition to another form of life, maybe going to heaven or becoming a spirit. Not that i believe in that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatus1 Posted July 29, 2004 #4 Share Posted July 29, 2004 I agree that transcending would imply something more than simply going beyond your expectations. Even in a purely physical sense, it would only be used to describe an event previously deemed impossible (such as the three minute mile), rather than simply an athlete progressing above the training he previously had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althalus Posted July 29, 2004 #5 Share Posted July 29, 2004 The dictionary defenition of Transcend is: 1. To pass beyond the limits of: emotions that transcend understanding. 2. To be greater than, as in intensity or power; surpass: love that transcends infatuation. See Synonyms at excel. 3.To exist above and independent of (material experience or the universe): “One never can see the thing in itself, because the mind does not transcend phenomena” (Hilaire Belloc). Whereas evolve is: 1. a: To develop or achieve gradually: evolve a style of one's own. b: To work (something) out; devise: “the schemes he evolved to line his purse” (S.J. Perelman). Biology. a: To develop (a characteristic) by evolutionary processes. b: To give off; emit. v. intr. To undergo gradual change; develop: an amateur acting group that evolved into a theatrical company. Biology. To develop or arise through evolutionary processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat_Kloud Posted July 29, 2004 Author #6 Share Posted July 29, 2004 Good. So no one thinks they are the same... that's good. Hm... There are many ways that things can change over time... know'd be cool is if mutation like in X-men started happening. HA ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnSide Posted July 29, 2004 #7 Share Posted July 29, 2004 X-Men.. now that's an interesting point. Would gaining powers be transending, or evolving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphina Posted July 30, 2004 #8 Share Posted July 30, 2004 Well....It couldn't be regarded as evolution, because the mutations are not going to be expressed in the majority of the species through natural selection....they're more like random mutations that will die with the mutant than any major step forward. In order for a characteristic to fall into the concept of evolution, it would need to be expressed over a period of time. Of course, this is all hypothetical anyway, but I don't see the X-Men contributing in any way to even cause the slightest ripple in the human gene pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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