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SETI Founder Uses Spore, Necktie To Call BS On Human Evolution
September 08, 2008
I figured this would be the only chance I would ever get to work the High Evolutionary into a post so in goes the above pic courtesy of Marvel. There is a tie in between Will Wright’s latest title and the Marvel B-squad villain-geneticist. SETI founder and noted astrophysicist Frank Drake was on hand at the launch party for Spore where he gave a short speech and presented his version of the Super Sapien, saying that humans could still use a little more time in the evolutionary oven.
According to Drake we need another set of arms, a second mouth exclusively for chowing down and an eye on the back of our heads. The best part of it all is a shot of Drake showing off the Super Sapien on his tie. His theory might stick it to Darwin but can you really doubt a man that can formulate Drake’s Equation and design his own neckwear on Zazzle? Photo after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
