Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by xtreme on Sunday September 10, 2017 @04:55PM
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Success in our society is not a good measure of evolutionary success. Evolution is only concerned about the number of viable offsprings you produce, not how well off they are.
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Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by wernercd on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:11PM
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For reference, see Idiocracy opening sequence... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E
Smart people delay, wait and then end up not... "dumb" people just hook up and go to town...
I think the fact that Evolution is still spreading "successful" genes and "unsuccessful" genes become less prevalent is obvious.
What isn't obvious, is as Idiocracy so succinctly puts it, is that gene that are "successful" doesn't necessarily translate to intelligence, good decisions, stable lifestyle, etc.
Re:Massive genetic study shows how humans are evolving
by robotresearcher on Sunday September 10, 2017 @05:25PM
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That successful genes spread is a tautology. The frequency of a gene in a population compared to its alleles is its success. I wish we could retire the idea of success in an evolution and just talk about gene frequency. Then the irrelevant ideas of goodness and progress don't come up so readily in people's minds.