<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:8pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">>><br>>> Is he saying humans are degenerating?<br><br>>Yes, and of course we are since because of e.g. better healthcare, we<br>>are under less evolutionary pressures than we used to be. Today,<br>>people with much more costly deficits in fitness can have lots of<br>>children than was possible during our earlier evolutionary history.<br><br>But that doesn't give any type of advantage over those who are born with better fitness. <br>This is especially true since most "costly deficits" don't rear their ugly heads until well after a person has reproduced. <br>Meanwhile, other subtle mechanisms are still at work such as sexual
attraction to those who can help offset certain deficits. <br>Still it is troubling to know that as IQ increases, testosterone levels drop and fewer babies are made. <br></div></div>
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