Records get beaten all of the time in all sports. Will there ever come a point in the future when Humans are as physically advanced as they possibly can be and no more records can be broken?
2006-12-15 01:34:57 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I don't think so .When a day like that comes we will not be here .
2006-12-15 01:36:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We're just about at the peak now. Records are still being broken but these days new records are only better than previous records by tiny amounts. I think it more likely that we'll progress by changing the boundary of peak physical human ability with genetic engineering or nanotechnology.
2006-12-15 01:46:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we probably have reached the peak already - you just need to look at it from the right perspective: if someone takes 1/100th of a second off the 100m record, is that a real improvement? technically it is, but from a common sense perspective it isn't - these runner are all going extremely fast, but there isn't much chance that any of them will ever outrun a cheetah. if records are broken by infinitely small increments, it'll take an infinite amount of time for the improvements to be material.
2006-12-15 01:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ourson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We already have genius. So did the last generation and the generation before that. The peak of our abilities change. It's called evolution, it's as proven a theory as there is and it explains this question well. Records will always be broken.
2006-12-15 01:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by sean w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is just that these are all " since records began".
Do you really think that any of these focussed, modern athletes can run any faster than, say, a Cro- magnon prehistoric hunter, chasing a reindeer? Or lift heavier weights than the guys who built Stonehenge?
No , the obsession with "records" only goes back a few hundred years. As civilisations are born and die, so do their records. There is nothing new under the sun.
2006-12-15 01:40:41 · answer #5 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but that is really interesting. I've never thought of that before. I don't think we'll ever reach a point where it stops. With technology and healh care getting better every year, we've got endless possibilities. Good question.
2006-12-15 01:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by gapeach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the enormous growth of medicine, therapies, and sports science, things are going to be more spectacular, but there are no limits to human endeavour.
2006-12-15 01:38:27 · answer #7 · answered by RK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
records will always be broken.
2006-12-15 01:37:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the end of the human race as we know it...?
2006-12-15 01:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you seen some of the questions on here? - that should answer your question.
2006-12-15 01:46:42 · answer #10 · answered by mammmia 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋