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Success in our society is not a good measure of evolutionary success. Evolution is only concerned about the number of viable offsprings you produce, not how wel
by xtreme 9y ago
Success in our society is not a good measure of evolutionary success. Evolution is only concerned about the number of viable offsprings you produce, not how well off they are.
- wernercd 9y agoFor reference, see Idiocracy opening sequence... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E Smart people delay, wait and then end up not... "dumb" people just hook up and go to town... I think the fact that Evolution is still spreading "successful" genes and "unsuccessful" genes become less prevalent is obvious. What isn't obvious, is as Idiocracy so succinctly puts it, is that gene that are "successful" doesn't necessarily translate to intelligence, good decisions, stable lifestyle, etc.
- robotresearcher 9y agoThat successful genes spread is a tautology. The frequency of a gene in a population compared to its alleles is its success. I wish we could retire the idea of success in an evolution and just talk about gene frequency. Then the irrelevant ideas of goodness and progress don't come up so readily in people's minds.