Originally Posted by
dajo
I think it's quite obvious that a key reason must also be that
natural selection the way Darwin observed it is not going to
work on human society. We don't let things run free, it's not
'natural' selection.
We are not in an everyday struggle for survival, not in the
sense of the animal world. We don't let the "weaker links"
die of, we "let them continue to reproduce." Considerably
weaker genes can be compensated, physical fitness alone
isn't much of a factor, etc. Even though there is still an
adaption to our surroundings, the favored treats are
changing faster then we ever could and we live in a
world, in which the surrounding is increasingly adapting
to our wishes. There is less need to mutate and reproduce
any genes.
It's like,.. the apple that's too high for us to reach, we'll get with
a tower crane. And there is more, if you think about it.