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On 8/26/10 10:22 AM, Kevin Freels wrote:
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>> Is he saying humans are degenerating?<br>
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>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>
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Actually there does seem to be some evidence of a rise in IQ. As
the world becomes faster moving and more complex that should select
more for higher intelligence. <br>
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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>
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Not troubling at all if baby making becomes either obsolete or easy
to do other ways soon enough. :)<br>
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- s<br>
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