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Suave · 01-27-2005, 10:24 PM

Evolution will never stop. In order for it (technically) to stop, (speaking for humanity) either a) everyone would have to die, or b) everyone would have to have an equal chance of having children with everyone else, as well as an equal chance of surviving. No matter how good medicine becomes, there will always be infant mortality, and there will always be people more prone to death than others. Likewise, no matter how good cosmetic surgery and everything else become, there will always be people more prone to getting laid and having children than others.

Even if we somehow (stupidly) decide to make everyone a clone of the exact same genetic makeup, eventually there will be superior mutations and evolution will be back on its way.

As an addition to the whole "IQ" discussion going on here, you guys have to realise that stupidity, propensity toward higher education, and many other factors are likely (it's debatable, but this is how I believe) much more strongly affected by social forces than biological ones. I'll leave spirituality completely out of this, but suffice to say that I believe that plays a part as well.

01-27-2005, 10:24 PM	#43 (permalink)
Suave Twitterpated Location: My own little world (also Canada)	Evolution will never stop. In order for it (technically) to stop, (speaking for humanity) either a) everyone would have to die, or b) everyone would have to have an equal chance of having children with everyone else, as well as an equal chance of surviving. No matter how good medicine becomes, there will always be infant mortality, and there will always be people more prone to death than others. Likewise, no matter how good cosmetic surgery and everything else become, there will always be people more prone to getting laid and having children than others. Even if we somehow (stupidly) decide to make everyone a clone of the exact same genetic makeup, eventually there will be superior mutations and evolution will be back on its way. As an addition to the whole "IQ" discussion going on here, you guys have to realise that stupidity, propensity toward higher education, and many other factors are likely (it's debatable, but this is how I believe) much more strongly affected by social forces than biological ones. I'll leave spirituality completely out of this, but suffice to say that I believe that plays a part as well. __________________ "Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions." - Albert Einstein "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." - Plato Last edited by Suave; 01-27-2005 at 10:28 PM..