Help me on posthuman assignment please?

Question

My lecturer gave me a mini-assignment on describing the possible characteristics of posthumans in the distant future. Here are my ideas:
1. Sexual dimorphism becomes more apparent, but their difference in social roles instead becomes less.
2. They get taller but less robust.
3. They are highly intelligent, typically able to solve complex mathemtical problems all in their minds subconsciously while they are doing something else like driving or cooking.
4. They become un-emotional in their reasoning. Vulcan-like.
5. They live in a community but prefer solitude whenever possible.
6. They converse with each other but prefer to be silent and engage in monologues whenever they can.
7. The gradual shift from fertility to survivability means that they live very long lives but have very little children.
8. Their sexual organs tend to be geared more for pleasure, not reproduction.
9. Capable of ESP, telekenesis, etc.

Is it plausible?I don't want to lose marks here. Please help me

Answer 1

I think it would help your paper to say why you think each of these things might occur, and even add some references that support your reasoning. You might be interested in the "Trends in Evolution" part of the web page I have linked at the bottom to help your make predictions.

Why do you think sexual dimorphism would change in the future, and why would it get more apparent if sexual roles are becoming more equal? (in general sexual dimorphism has been decreasing in human evolution - see link below, about 2/3 of the way down the page)

Why do you predict they will get taller (this is a good prediction, by the way, but why do you think it to be true)?

Is there any reason to think that ESP or telekinesis will become possible?? (probably not, in my opinion, but what data can you find that says one way or the other)?

If you have read something that supports what you are saying, and you can provide references in the paper, your arguments will be much stronger - increasing the probability of a good grade!!

Answer 2

What about noses that are equipped to filter pollutants from the polluted air they are breathing?