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Old 10-13-2007, 02:22 PM
hitch1978 hitch1978 is offline
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Default Have we out-evolved darwinism?

We are no longer answerable to the rules that led to our evolution. Survival of the fittest, has been replaced by survival of everyone, at least in the 1st world. People with frail body's, that would have never lived to puberty 100 years ago, are now capable of reproducing. Same applies to people with mental ilnesses. I am not saying that these things are wrong or bad, but it does raise a few interesting questions.

As we develope as a worldwide commumity, and arradecate the infant death rates and suchlike in the 3rd world, and the species as a whole is dragged into a similar state of being as the first world countrys in terms of medical care and opportunitys, will we have eliminated any kind of selective breeding programme? (Not sure about my terminology, but I'm sure you get the point.)

Are we reaching a level where our evolution will no longer be driven by nature, in the way of darwinism, and in a more conscious way? I have no doubt that as a social, global organism we will continue to evolve as we learn new ways to adapt and use our knowledge, but have we personnally stopped evolving as single specimin's of a species?

Are our future evolutions going to be self driven by laboritory modifications to our genetics, and not by the survival of the fittest?
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