Does Darwin's Theory of evolution work in mans modern world?

Question

what with governments using all it medical and scientific resources to keep the mentally and physically impaired alive, whereas in darwin theory they would all die off

and with states allowing the mentally and physically impaired to procreate thus making the flawed genes stronger does this not fly in the face of Darwin's theory?

Answer 1

A theory of natural selection merely states that 'survivors survive' - it doesn't predict what form the succesful variants will take.  Nothing can prevent random mutations occurring, and nothing can prevent selective forces acting on them.

If you want an example of recent human evolution, it is interesting  that two extreme high-altitude human populations (those in the Andes, and those in the Himalayas) have both produced populatons with inheritable characteristics which enable better function in a lower oxygen atmosphere, and both have done so in separate ways.

Answer 2

Yes yes yes it definitely still works. Darwin's theory is still sound and can accommodate pretty much any "but what about..." question thrown at it.

There is a reduced amount of procreation between impaired people, so in a way the impaired variations do survive less.

Also, evolution supports positive assets, which is more complex than simply who is 'the fittest'. Being able to pro-create because your attributes attract sympathy, or your intelligence is admired if you're ugly, are all perfecly valid genetic 'tactics'.

Answer 3

It has nothing to do with Darwin's Theory. The medical advances are all man made....they are not occurring naturally. Old people, disabled people, injured people, sick people would die off naturally......it's the survival of the fittest. If you cannot " run with the herd any longer " you are destined to perish.

Answer 4

Natural selection tends to favour genes that better suit organisms to their environment, removing those that are detrimental.

Since the environement for First World humans includes care for physically and mentally impaired people then these selection pressures will be lessened for those kinds of characteristics.

Totally in keeping with Darwin's original theory.

By the way, the Theory of Evolution has come a long way since it's basic outline back in the 1800's by Darwin.

Answer 5

No.

We'll just produce more short, bald men with glasses. Able to find satisfaction in long hours of drudgery. Because those are the guys who are breeding. And their kid's are more likely to suit the environment they will be born into.

Athletic types are less likely to be big earners, and therefore less likely to pass on their genes.

Very broadly speaking, of course.

As for the mental and physically ill, if they breed then by definition they are successful. Their offspring may or may not be like them (depending on the handicap) but even if they are; their parents have proved they have the genes to be successful.

I work with a physically handicapped. He doesn't need to hunt deer and kill bears with a stick. he just needs to understand computers. And viola - he can accumulate all those things that current society deem necessary to be successful and thereby attract a mate.

Can't escape evolution. Because it's not a theory, it's a natural process.

Answer 6

Darwin's theory doesn't say they would all die off.  What you have to understand about evolution is that certain features will have a certain degree of advantage.  If it is highly advantageous, that will provide the bearers of that gene with a big advantage and it will take a relatively short time for that gene to be in every individual according to a mathematical formula (that probably couldn't be accurately calculated).  Anyway, something that provided a very marginal advantage might take much longer to be incorporated in every individual but it would still eventually happen.  In reality, the mentally well breed in far higher numbers than the impaired so I don't think the assumption is correct, anyway.

Answer 7

Darwin merely explained the process of evolution; his explanation was accurate, ground breaking and exceptional.

That some fundamentalists don't like it is completely irrelevant.

Evolution works, always has and always will.

Don't confuse the word "theory" with something it's not. It dosen't mean opinion or guess or idea or belief.

Look it up!

Answer 8

Not really Darwinists would be and are very happy with today's western societies.

Many children are being exterminated as we speak, before they get a chance to be born is in political mainstream- it is termed abortion, but extermination is the end result. there are special exceptions in the law that if a child is found to be disabled at a later stage in the pregnancy they can be terminated even a day before they are due to be born. All Darwinists are happy with this, external measure on the protection of the purity of the species.

All this  follows on from eugenics as practised by the n***s and proposed by Huxley, whose statue is in the London Natural History Museum, who wanted to adopt the practice in the UK, I cannot see him being dissatisfied with the situation- it is much cheaper than exterminating them than when they are older.

Really these are the happy days for Darwinists who can now practise even on live human embryos and try they experiments without anyone able to stop them, unlike the Second World War when human experimentations were curtailed when the n***s lost the War.

Of-course some people think that science should be sued to help people who get injured or who are sick but these are conservative in nature and haven't the stomach for liberal interpretations of ethics.