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Evolution hasn't stopped, but it's failed to move in any direction we can call forward. We've long since hit the age of Devo [1], where the selection pressure o
by GauntletWizard 11y ago
Evolution hasn't stopped, but it's failed to move in any direction we can call forward. We've long since hit the age of Devo [1], where the selection pressure of genetics and the things we consider progress as society are at odds. I'd be hard pressed to find anyone among even my conservative friends (and I'm fairly far freaking right as far as HN is concerned) who would consider the Quiverfull[2] movement/cults to be the preferred future of humanity, but they're growing fast. Likewise, inner-city welfare-queens are a real thing, albeit fringe.
The alternative is to actively promote reproduction of the successful... which sounds, quite rightly, like eugenics. It's a nasty paradox.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43gKl9xIME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d43gKl9xIME
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiverfull
- Jtsummers 11y agoThose are societal/cultural things, which is a separate issue from genetic evolution. Those groups may still be selecting healthy (physically, mentally, economically) mates from the pool, even if they're not a culture that you think is desirable.
- mindcrime 11y agoEvolution hasn't stopped, but it's failed to move in any direction we can call forward. That may be, but evolution doesn't answer to our conscious desires and ideas of social good or progress. It really is just "the blind watchmaker". What we evolve into isn't "good" or "bad", it just "is". Or at least that's the way I look at it.