Back in the good old days, the weak, slow and stupid would be eaten by lions, leaving the quick and the smart to live on and breed quick and smart babies. But these days, any moron can wheel themselves around a Wal-mart on an electric scooter, buying Hot Pockets with food stamps while talking on their prepaid cellphones, then going home to have 15 other fat, stupid babies. This isn't evolution, It's de-evolution. And we have technology to thank for it.A baby born today will usually live a long and healthy life, which in turn works against the evolutionary tool of natural selection.Basically, living in this technologically-advanced era reduces the influence of mutation, random change and natural selection, the three major forces of evolution. 300 years ago, there were few diabetics. Why? Because everyone who had abnormally high or low levels of glucose would keel over and die of renal failure at the tender age of 25. Nowadays, slap an insulin pump on them and they're good to go for another 50 years. That means it's no longer survival of the fittest, instead just survival of everyone. Which means we won't be seeing as many changes in the species as we've seen in the last few millennia. Indeed, we may have hit a plateau, where everyone gets to add their seeds to the gene pool no matter how slow, sickly, or stupid they may be.
It's a brave new world.
3 comments:
Sadly too true. At some point it will hit it's acme and a lethargic, overly indulged, population too stupid to feed itself will suffer the consequences. We have lost touch with the world around us and in so doing have lost out on a part of the human experience.
A very true, but very controversial subject you're broaching here.
I do tend to agree, but at the same time, what if you had diabetes? Would you want to keel over at the tender age of 25, or be able to live on to see your grandchildren?
I think you need to update haney. Miss you! xxx
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