[maxwin]

Talking about how we are going to evolve in the next thousands of years is a waste of time. Artificial interference is going to kick in long before that. I believe we will be very different 300 years from now.

[pyre]

  > Artificial interference is going to kick in long
  > before that

If we're constantly 20 - 30 years away from a major break-through, it will eventually come true! ;-)

[mdda]

Since we're talking about human evolution, time-scales of 20-30 years are only 1 generation changes. Machine evolution may have a much shorter generational cycle - but for the moment, it doesn't seem too much to ask to be a little patient. Machines have come a long way in the last 4 human generations...

[pyre]

I was referring to the constant claims that we're X years away from a break-through for the last Y years.