[extropy-chat] limits of computer feeling

[Rafal Smigrodzki]

On 3/21/07, Stathis Papaioannou <stathisp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/22/07, Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Is there any evidence that smarter, richer, better-looking etc. people
> today
> > > are more likely to pass on their genes than most of the rest of the
> > > population?
> > >
> > ### I am not sure about the meaning of your question. I noted that
> > there is differential fitness among humans, therefore selection for
> > traits correlated to fitness is still taking place. Do you think that
> > this is incorrect?
>
>
> But selection on the basis of genetic difference is far less important in a
> technological society. We would still adapt and "evolve" technologically
> even if our genes never again deviated substantially from their present
> state.

### Well, I have not claimed otherwise.

Rafal