Kukul said:
Doug said:
Kukul said:
Yup, mankind is pretty much doomed for stagnation and extinction.
At least as long as christianity and socialism is around.
Again, let me point out that this is the time rapid mutations occur. When times are tough, mutations are normally killed off quite rapidly unless they are directly beneficial. Not sure what Christianity has to do with anything though.
Christianity and socialism both praise weakness and pity. There is no natural selection when people claim that everyone with genetic disorders and everyone who failed at life should live long enough to spread their genes and their treatment/social care should be paid for with tax money.
It's a road to nowhere.
Well, that's a pile of wank if ever I saw any.
You know what it is that Christianity and socialism really have in common? They both, at a fundamental level, believe that we're all in for the long haul together, and therefore we should all look out for each another. What you call praising weakness and pity, I (and I'd like to think most other people) would simply call doing the right thing. Human beings are not solitary animals like tigers or sharks. We made our way out of the caves and into civilisation by banding together and supporting each other. We are social creatures in every way, from the way we raise our families to the way we build our towns and cities.
Christianity does not praise weakness. At its core, it simply encourages its practitioners to show empathy and charity. That is not the same thing, nor is it anything to be ashamed of. It's simply a case of do as you would be done by. If you don't extend any help to the needy and less fortunate, then why should you expect any sympathy if one day you yourself are brought low? When you're living on the streets, scrounging for enough food to make it through the day, I bet those Salvation Army soup stations start to look mighty fine indeed.
To address the OP: Morals and ethics do not get in the way of progress. They
are progress. The single greatest leap humanity ever made is when it looked and managed, for the first time, to differentiate between right and wrong. This is something that has become intertwined with every facet of our humanity. Every thought we have, every feeling of love, sympathy, anger, hate and pity is borne out of what we feel to be good and right, and what we feel to be wrong.
Everyone here is talking about evolution, genes, and all that crap, but at the end of the day I just see one thing on this thread. People using quasi-science to make themselves feel like part of the secret elite, not a member of the unwashed, uneducated masses. This isn't about the biology of evolution. It's prole-bashing. The OP himself uses the term 'inferior humans' quite happily. I'd happily bet money that every single person who argues that only the intelligent, the athletic and the worthy should be allowed to breed would also be the first to state how important it is that they themselves should be allowed to spread their seed. Those who argue we shouldn't waste money saving those with genetic defects never think about the possibilities that they may one day have cancer. They create a creepy fantasy that has no basis on fact or truth. Intelligent people can be born of stupid parents. Stupid people can be born of intelligent parents.
If you really want the human race to start improving, maybe it's time to stop all slamming all the cripples, the hobos, and the poor, and maybe start thinking about ways you yourself can make society a better place to live in.
