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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Of course, that doesn't rule it out -- even absent nano-fairies. As in the Ashkenazy example you cite, a small group might be forced into the evolutionary pressure cooker and that could make a big difference. But I'd still be careful about too many broad claims here. And it's likely that any changes will be noticed afterward -- not whilst they're in process.<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR></SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Dan</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> David Lubkin <lubkin@unreasonable.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ExI chat list <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, July 29, 2011 11:04 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [ExI] People are the same?<BR></FONT><BR>Dan wrote:<BR><BR>> Whilst I don't see much evidence for rapid evolution happening amongst human in the last few centuries, it does seem to be the case that there was some amount of evolution from fifty thousand years ago. In particular, it seems
that the ability to digest milk in adulthood arose and spread to most of the species. Also, blondness seems to have arisen in the last six thousand years ago. Granted, these are minor changes, but there are probably others that just haven't been uncovered as of yet.<BR><BR>More significantly, I am an Ashkenazic Jew of statistically abnormal<BR>intelligence. My tribe is much smarter now than it was 5000 years<BR>ago, let alone 50,000. There are competing hypotheses as to why,<BR>but the reality remains.<BR><BR>But I take Eugen's core point -- that the changes aren't dramatic.<BR><BR>And I agree with his thesis: We can't sit and wait for the nano-fairy<BR>to sprinkle us with transhuman goodness. We must, in particular,<BR>achieve self-sufficient off-Earth enclaves as soon as possible.<BR><BR>-- David.</DIV></DIV></div></body></html>