Evolution ceasing is absurd. However as it has being pointed out:
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Originally Posted by Pacifier
If there is a strong selective force pressure on a certain species it [evolution] seems to happen faster... So such fast evolution seems inpossible for us.
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and I happen to agree with Pacifier. Evolution is to be better adapted to the elements around one. Animals have evolved to either be capable of hybernating, have thicker fur or added fat, regrow tails, et cetera, but human beings have reached a point where we no longer need to adapt to our environment. In a similiar discussion, some mentioned to me that "Animals adapt to their environment--humans adapt
their environments to fit them. We brute force them to fit us: Air conditioning, heated leather seats, remote controls--all of our environment are now created to fit us."
Humans have no need change when we can just alter the world around us to fit us. I had a good laugh thinking "humans can become so lazy that we've slowed down our own genetic evolution."
But some have said that because of medical advancements that more weaker genes pass to the next generation. I disagree with this because by looking at only 20 generations of time the average human life span has increased--because medical science has given us the power to defend our bodies from diseases. Many of the medicines effects stay with us and these benefits pass to the next generation.