Do you think it's possible that after about, say, a few million more years of evolution a brain could develop telekinetic ability? Are there any legitimate scientific reasons to believe this could happen?
I'm asking because I'm trying to write a science fiction story. But I don't want my story to be completely absurd. I want it to be at least somewhat plausible.
2007-08-29 14:22:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
It is difficult to imagine this happening.
The basic premise of genetics is: "genes code for proteins".
In other words, everything that can be evolved needs to be expressible in terms of proteins.
So unless we can discover some way to link protein behavior to telekinesis, there is no way that it can evolve through normal genetics.
However, I don't want to be a buzz-kill. It's a sci-fi story. As long as we're defying the laws of physics with telekinesis (hey, it was good enough for George Lucas), you might as well invent some connection between proteins and telekinesis, and go with it.
The essence of good science fiction is to pick *one impossible thing*, and go with it ... if everything else follows logically from that one impossible thing, then you can still have a good story.
2007-08-29 14:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is already plausible enough. None of your readers will be around to complain about it in a million years so just go with that thought.
2007-08-29 14:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the question is....will we survive a few more million years?
2007-08-29 14:29:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the real question is do you think it can happen
2007-08-29 14:34:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋