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<i>> The tendency is for man to shape his environment to suit his needs, rather than the opposite. </i><br /><br />That is true, but we are also making Life into a plastic medium. Gene engineering and cloning are taking us into vast uncharted territory. When we grow habitats and live inside new ecosystems these things all somewhat merge, with space-living acting as a laboratory for evolution on fast-forward. <br /><br /><i>> Will those changes make them "not human"? Time will tell.</i><br /><br />I think we will be talking about "Humanities" as these splits occur. Historically we are in the process of broadening what we consider sentient, too. <br /><br />Josh <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div align="center"><em>We need a first generation of pioneers.</em><br /></div> </div>