Real Life Zombies in Russia

[Tank-Ace]

In the long-term, it IS bad for the species. We're creating generations that are less and less able to fend for themselves, and that make continually dumber and dumber decisions. Follow that to its conclusion, and you end up with a bunch of mentally defective hicks, who are unable to create a working society.

[warhed]

In the long-term, it IS bad for the species. We're creating generations that are less and less able to fend for themselves, and that make continually dumber and dumber decisions. Follow that to its conclusion, and you end up with a bunch of mentally defective hicks, who are unable to create a working society.

No one claimed evolution cared about the individual organism.  Yes, it sucks for us, but as a species, humans are doing quite well. 
That is the beauty of the human, we have been able to tell nature, "Screw your design, we'll do it better."

Look at pregnancy in humans, while still a dangerous medical condition, our death rates during have greatly decreased compared to even 100 years ago.  Look at our length of life due to modern medicine and other factors.  We're able to adapt much much faster using things we as a species created, faster than nature alone could of ever done for us.

Human evolution seems to be in the hands of humans now, not random design.  For better or worse

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No one claimed evolution cared about the individual organism.  Yes, it sucks for us, but as a species, humans are doing quite well. 
That is the beauty of the human, we have been able to tell nature, "Screw your design, we'll do it better."

Look at pregnancy in humans, while still a dangerous medical condition, our death rates during have greatly decreased compared to even 100 years ago.  Look at our length of life due to modern medicine and other factors.  We're able to adapt much much faster using things we as a species created, faster than nature alone could of ever done for us.

Human evolution seems to be in the hands of humans now, not random design.  For better or worse

it was never random

[cattb]

A deadly drug which rots the flesh of users - and kills the majority of addicts within a year of their first hit.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063224/Curse-Krokodil-Fears-home-Heroin-thats-rotting-Russian-addicts-flesh-spreads-Europe.html

Population control.

[Tank-Ace]

Quite arguable. Up untill legitimate medicines (i.e. stuff that can cure the problem, not just cover up the symptoms) were in fairly wide-spread use, it was largely upto nature. Yeah, we could take care of minor injuries that would have festered and potentially killed someone if left untreated, we still couldn't do anything about the people with weak immune systems that fell victim to disease.



Warhead, the problem is not everyone nessicarily should be included in the gene pool. Look at all the handsomehunk kids that think its funny as hell to draw swasticas all over the place, or break random people's stuff for no reason, or put eachother up on tables and pretend to rape eachother. re those the type of people that you want contributing to the next generation?

In some ways, hitler's view of purifying the race was correct, even if his choice of targets wasn't. We've grown soft enough that we let EVERYONE contribute even if it will end up having a massive negative impact on out society in the future, for no better reason than someone said "well its not their fault they're so screwed up. They MIGHT produce children that are functioning members of society.... maybe".

The idiots are the ones that over-produce. They screw up their kids because they don't know how not to. So for every 1 idiot we have now (both male and female), we will end up with between 1.5-3 idiots in the next generation. Where does it end?

[wil3ur]

Quite arguable. Up untill legitimate medicines (i.e. stuff that can cure the problem, not just cover up the symptoms) were in fairly wide-spread use, it was largely upto nature. Yeah, we could take care of minor injuries that would have festered and potentially killed someone if left untreated, we still couldn't do anything about the people with weak immune systems that fell victim to disease.



Warhead, the problem is not everyone nessicarily should be included in the gene pool. Look at all the handsomehunk kids that think its funny as hell to draw swasticas all over the place, or break random people's stuff for no reason, or put eachother up on tables and pretend to rape eachother. re those the type of people that you want contributing to the next generation?

In some ways, hitler's view of purifying the race was correct, even if his choice of targets wasn't. We've grown soft enough that we let EVERYONE contribute even if it will end up having a massive negative impact on out society in the future, for no better reason than someone said "well its not their fault they're so screwed up. They MIGHT produce children that are functioning members of society.... maybe".

The idiots are the ones that over-produce. They screw up their kids because they don't know how not to. So for every 1 idiot we have now (both male and female), we will end up with between 1.5-3 idiots in the next generation. Where does it end?

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny...

[Rob52240]

Anyone who expects heroin junkies to show up to work or be able to work while at work is a bit naive.

[VonMessa]

The ability of the human genome to adapt to it's surroundings is completely remarkable.

Humans WILL adapt, there is no question about that.  It is also proven that our free will can screw-up the process.

Example:  Sickle Cell Anemia is a "disease" predominately contracted by peoples of African heritage.

A little known fact is that folks with this "disease" are resistant to malaria, but taken out of the environment where malaria is present, it becomes a malady.

The are other evidences of other "diseases" that were, in the proper context, an adaptation of the human genome to combat some threat of their environment that backfire when the threat is nullified such as Tay Sachs in folks of Jewish decent.  There are theories that have appeared that suggest that the genetic "mutation" with regard to lipid storage may have evolved as a defense against some type of environmental "threat" at some point...

[warhed]

The ability of the human genome to adapt to it's surroundings is completely remarkable.

Humans WILL adapt, there is no question about that.  It is also proven that our free will can screw-up the process.

Example:  Sickle Cell Anemia is a "disease" predominately contracted by peoples of African heritage.

A little known fact is that folks with this "disease" are resistant to malaria, but taken out of the environment where malaria is present, it becomes a malady.

The are other evidences of other "diseases" that were, in the proper context, an adaptation of the human genome to combat some threat of their environment that backfire when the threat is nullified such as Tay Sachs in folks of Jewish decent.  There are theories that have appeared that suggest that the genetic "mutation" with regard to lipid storage may have evolved as a defense against some type of environmental "threat" at some point...

Alcoholism is a byproduct  of the survivor gene, aka Thillseeker