hypothetical fact said:
Since the current escapist fad is on gender and species I think this is fitting.
Humans can' evolve, we have too many people with too many random genes able to breed. Even when inferior humans would die off, medical science saves them so they can breed and spread their stupid throughout humanity.
The only way Humanity will evolve to be stronger, faster, smarter etc is to force the World's best and brightest to breed in an enclosed environment for several generations until we have a race of better people that can spread their favourable genes through out the gene pool. We already know that this will work because we have thousands of years of practice on dogs so all we need is public approval which won't happen, why won't the public approval?
The public won't approve because ethics and morals are geting in the way of progress; progress which could be easily made if we stop letting people breed with who ever they want rather than who is best for humanity.
I post this knowing full well that I will be flamed/banned but just know that when you whine your loss of faith in humanity, it is because you don't support forced breeding.
I think your point is contrived and poorly made. Your idea of 'controlled' evolution of the "best and brightest" results in a glaring oxymoron. To what end should they evolve? If the answer is to become better and more intelligent then at what point should they come out to breed with everyone else? At any point when they come out, according to your own ideas the population will stagnate at that level of evolution.
You have way too many assumptions about Natural selection, evolution, human understanding, human capabilities and our grasp of technology and science.
Firstly, we don't understand evolution. Why don't know why it happens, we're not even sure how it happens. As I'm sure you are aware we believe it's a consequence of natural selection. If a species cannot survive a certain environment then many member will die out. Those who adjust will survive and result in a species that is more able to withstand the dangers of its environment.
As we don't understand evolution how would we know which people should breed? You assume that being strong and smart are the way forward. What if in several generations time they come out and there has been a major change in the environment, such as extreme weather changes or a world wide influenza that they cannot cope with? The whole process will have been pointless.
Natural selection is far from a perfect process. It takes a phenomenally long time for these changes to occur. On top of all that there are so many external factors that can effect an environment in unexpected ways; meteor collisions, volcanoes, earthquakes which complex life cannot evolve for.
All this is a bit academic. Our technological, scientific and medical advances have raised us above the seemingly arbitrary natural selection and evolution. We have learnt to respond to environmental changes not through genetics but through technology. Not only can we deal with rapid changes we are learning how to actually control our environment.
Where there were once dangerous predators there are now entire cities with almost no wild life. We keep dangerous animal in captivity for entertainment and study. Many animals struggle to find water, we are able to transport it to where we want it. We don't have to hunt for food any more, we simply breed animal to kill, it's much more efficient.
It's completely ignorant to assume that forced breeding would be good for 'humanity'. Forced breeding would make us inhuman, both morally and ethically. I lose faith in humanity when people seek power over each other using violence or threats.
I lose faith in humanity when I hear about the horrific acts people do to one another. Murder and rape in society. Mass murder and horrific sexual abuse within war zones. Using white-phosphorous on civilians, shelling cities with children in. What you propose would just be another case of inhumane treatment of people for some misguided and arbitrary 'greater good' or 'advancement'.
