June 17, 2008 Tuesday

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Hunky: .Human beings build things. It’s in their nature as a species. Other species build things also. Beavers build dams, birds build nests, termites build mounds.

Dorie: ..But humans build to excess. They don’t just build shelters to live in, they build other shelters to work in, and still other shelters to store things in. Then they build machines to get them from one shelter to another. Then they build shelters for the machines.

Hunky: .It creates an interesting paradox. As the human population increases, there will be an increasing demand to build things. But available building space will be decreasing. What then?

Dorie:  Well, evolutionary principle says man will start building smaller things. But then man would have to evolve into an ever-smaller being in order to use the smaller things he builds.

Hunky: .Right. The huge woolly mammoth, which once grew to a height of twelve feet, was only four feet tall when it finally succumbed to extinction. Based on that, Man will average only two feet tall on May 4, 9287, when the last available building space will be gone.

Dorie:  But that's okay, 'cause by then cats will rule the world.