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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Evo evo evolution.

Alas! Someone bold enough to point out that evolution does NOT mean progress. I think it is such a common misconception that people have that the more we evolve the better we come. True, humans have become quite complex creatures, but the continuance of this change seems unlikely. For example, look at the survival rate unhealthy people, whether they have disabilities, cancer, AIDS... I support the medical advancement towards helping these people, the idea being one of utmost compassion, but it worries me that we have almost eliminated Natural Selection in our species, at least in western civilizations. I was reading Native American quotes at the library the other day and one was declining a request to send more Native American youth to the Mary and William University. The chief talks about how the last time they participated in such foreign exchange, the youth came back to their tribe completely useless - they could not run, fish, hunt or fight. Though this does not directly relate to evolution, it provides outside perception on how we have been pushing our youth to be unaware of natural survival and more successful in more intellectual (artificial?) matters. Could this be considered evolutionary drift?

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