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Just a point: "Darwinian evolution will improve us eventually" I completely disagree. In a civilization Darwinian evolution does not apply anymore because soci
by m0skit0 14y ago
Just a point: "Darwinian evolution will improve us eventually" I completely disagree. In a civilization Darwinian evolution does not apply anymore because society protects its weakest members.
- sanxiyn 14y agoThis is wrong. In a civilization Darwinian evolution has different selection pressure, but selection pressure still exists. For example, instead of the weak, the unattractive drops from the gene pool. (As far as I know, no civilzation guarantees reproduction for all members yet.)
- iSnow 14y agoThis is a patently false understanding of Darwinism as the "survival of the strongest". It has always been survival of the fittest in the sense of the one who is best adapted to the environment. In our time, people with a tendency towards drug abuse, psychopathy and unchecked aggression, may well have a lesser likelyhood to reproduce. The same obviously is even more true for people with chromosomal aberrations.
- hirak99 14y agoThanks for the criticism. I wanted to mean evolution will improve us eventually, only if those people with aggressive impulses have severe disadvantage going forward in the society. But that premise is debatable, I agree.