…have a TON of babies.
No, this isn’t another Evolution v. Creation thread, just something I was thinking about. Actually, it’s not even ‘evolution’ necessarily, just genetics.
I always used to look at the passage of time as a form of progress; that over many, many years things improve or die off. I’m not just talking about things in nature, I mean technology, moral codes, social ideals…whatever. They either grow with time and become ‘better’ or they die off. of course, the whole concept of ‘better’ and ‘progress’ is so subjective that this is a completely moot point (to be honest, that thread last week about reassessing sexuality got me thinking about this).
So anyway, I was thinking that in the future evolution of man, human genes would be ‘sifted’ (selected) more times than now (duh) and ‘negative’ genetic predispositions would be filtered out more thoroughly. After all, what is the purpose of physical attractiveness? To attract a mate(s) more often and reproduce with greater ease, right? so, (my theory went) hundreds of generations from now, people may very well be more beautiful, healthy, and intelligent (because of continuous selection of genes for ‘attractive’ traits and expunction of genes for non-desirable traits).
Here’s the clincher: BECAUSE WHO WANTS TO MATE WITH STUPID, UGLY DUDES WHO GET SICK ALL THE TIME?
But that’s when I realized the fundamental problem with my hypothesis. With evolution, the cream doesn’t always rise to the top (no pun intended). The successful (or in this case ‘attractive’) genes are the ones that reproduce the most often…not the ones that look the best doing it. but look around. Who is having the most babies? The scientists? The movie stars? Alas, no.
So, if you feel that you have attractive genes either physically or intellectually, and want to lend a hand in creating a more beautiful tomorrow, pitch in…have a couple dozen babies.
Otherwise we may be looking at a very ugly future.
p.s. after I wrote this, I found this TERRIFYING article called “Whoever Has The Most Babies Wins” by Gary DeMar. Apparently, this idea is nothing new.