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Originally Posted by raveneye
Anecdotal stories about behavior of acquaintances aren't really convincing in either direction.
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Which is why I made absolutely certain to portray them exactly as they were("In my experience", "my own subjective interpretations of", "perhaps"), and on the very next line wished for statistics on the subject, even going so far as to state how they could be measured.
My point was that the 'obvious' fact (social sucess = biological sucess) might not be necessarily true.
EDIT: Also, at no point did I state that evolution is not currently happenning. I was merely examining the proposed mechanisms by which it is supposed to be happening.