This is a direct question to you, my fellow SciForums members.

Which would you personally prefer to have descended from: a humanoid organism, or dirt?

Dirt is a humanoid organism :D lmao

"Humanoid" is a word from science fiction stories, not a biological term. I presume you mean either "hominoid," which is the superfamily of all apes, or "hominid," which is the family of great apes (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and the various species of genus Homo including sapiens, the only survivor).

Considering that we are descended from hominids, and before that hominoids, and before that primates, and long before that dirt, and it seems to have worked out pretty well, I don't see any reason for a preference.

The primates are highly intelligent and have the necessary anatomy to invent and use tools. Many of them are pack-social. Those three traits are necessary to create civilization, which is our greatest achievement. The great apes are even more intelligent; however our closest relatives, the true chimpanzees, have a very violent streak which we share. We would have been better off if we were more closely related to the bonobo chimps, or even the gorillas. But not the orangs because they're not social and would never have created civilization.

As for dirt, it contains the material that was needed to evolve into DNA and all terrestrial life. It's hard to complain about that. Life has probably arisen on other planets, starting with other materials, but it's probably nothing like life here and we might not even recognize it as life unless it's built a civilization out of concrete and steel like ours.

I call it a tie: no preference either way.

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DIRT !!!

My energy was fueled with the big bang, my matter was forged in the hart of a massive star that also made the matter of the sun and the earth...
That's abouth the most poetic and absulutly true version I could think of right now, so I'm guesing dirt. Altough that's only true in hardware, the software and structures from my make up where received from humanoid organisms AKA mam and dad.
Recent editions where done by myself with explains why it's so screwed up.

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I concur.

This is a direct question to you, my fellow SciForums members.

Which would you personally prefer to have descended from: a humanoid organism, or dirt?

Preference is totally useless here. The vote-count will depend totally on what *thing* (thing being an object) most participants subjectively value over the other. What real value does "dirt" have over "gold"?

What's the difference?

dirt seems to be the actual matter
while organism seem to be the structure

do you see yourself as a couple of liters H2O a certain volume of O2 some carbon and other stuf

or more like the structure of men without the actual stuf in between

"Humanoid" is a word from science fiction stories, not a biological term. I presume you mean either "hominoid," which is the superfamily of all apes, or "hominid," which is the family of great apes (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and the various species of genus Homo including sapiens, the only survivor).

Good point. Thanks for the correction.

I tried to refer to an organism that was the common ancestor of hominid life.

Considering that we are descended from hominids, and before that hominoids, and before that primates, and long before that dirt, and it seems to have worked out pretty well, I don't see any reason for a preference.
Preference is totally useless here. The vote-count will depend totally on what *thing* (thing being an object) most participants subjectively value over the other. What real value does "dirt" have over "gold"?

True. Preference changes nothing. However, there was a purpose to my question. I'm not sure if people have picked up on this, so I think I'll keep it secret until it seems they have.

What's the difference?

I suppose you have to be in the know as far as why I asked the question, before you can notice the intended difference.

Can anyone see it?

I'd rather have descended from a shrew. Because IceAgeCivilizations whishes so.

i descended from 432 sperm cells.

that's more than average i think.

I made 432 million sperm cells yesterday. And I'm sure I spent about half of them subsequently.

that's more than average i think.
they gang banged that egg with hammers and chisels
I made 432 million sperm cells yesterday. And I'm sure I spent about half of them subsequently.
WWAD? why he'd be creamin' and a screamin'

masturbation does not lead to descent, except morally.

morally, that's a mushroom isn't it?

mushrooms are made for soaking up sperm. that's different.

i knew it! my ol' lady is a mushroom!

WWAD? why he'd be creamin' and a screamin'

Nice one! :D

thank you, thank you all. ;)

What about option 3: we are descended from goo

What about option 3: we are descended from goo
blue goo or green?

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This is a direct question to you, my fellow SciForums members.

Which would you personally prefer to have descended from: a humanoid organism, or dirt?

What if I don't like either choice?

masturbation does not lead to descent, except morally.

That's in agreement with Happeh Theory, so I must concur.