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Yes, being tall, in good health, physically well-built and smart gives you, on average, more success in career and with members of the opposite sex. But does it
by ckarmann 11y ago
Yes, being tall, in good health, physically well-built and smart gives you, on average, more success in career and with members of the opposite sex. But does it give you more offspring, which is the important thing for evolution? In our times having a lot of sexual partners or one partner with a lot of sexual activity doesn't mean you have a lot of children.
To be clear: do rich and successful people have more children than poor ones? Someone has any source on that?
- mindcrime 11y agoTo be clear: do rich and successful people have more children than poor ones? Someone has any source on that? Two thoughts on that: 1. They almost certainly have more opportunity for mating. But they may not always take advantage of that opportunity (especially since they may have child-less sex through various birth control measures) 2. It isn't just a question of the number of children, it's also a question of the fitness of their children. If "fit attracts fit" then the most fit females tend to pair up with the most fit males, and their children average out as more fit than others. But now we're back to the idea that we no longer know exactly what "fit" means in this world. I guess the answer is "it's complicated". But I still don't see any reason in any of that, to think that no evolution occurs.