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by hpeter 771 days ago
The question is, when will humanity become wise enough to catch up with the technology? Probably never.
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Wise enough, never. Smart enough, we already are.

Sadly, we're not both at the same time and the results are in one of the Sci-fi books.

It would probably only take one or two generations to adapt, if the offspring dies before reproductive age - evolution is cruel, but it can be effective.
Evolution takes a lot longer than a couple of generations to make effective changes.