Are people getting weaker / devolving?

[RandomGuy1030]

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F*uck me. Wheres the logic. If people are getting weaker then why is h*itler called evil... for trying to fix the problem both socially and biologically...1 day, someone like H*itler will rise up again, or else civilization will crumble, and then many H*itlers will rise up from the anarchy. Just like it all happened before in Mesopotamia... this could be 200 years from now, but it will happen.

[Soteris]

First of all, "Devolution" is not a thing, never was. Evolution does not have a predetermined direction it is heading towards and will go in whatever direction natural selection is motivating it towards.

As for humanity getting "weaker" or whatever. Sorta? But that is missing the point. If you are thinking about the "strongest" and "smartest" humans to ever live then they probably lived as cavemen long before civilization was established and where those traits were the difference between life and death. That is in contrast to today, where we have other concerns. Like for example how to get along better with people in communities of thousands to millions of people and how to not die from the things like the black plague.

There is also a phenomena in evolution where a species that is near extinction is pressured harder to become successful that a species that is dominant in the food chain. That means that the species which is struggling will become "faster", "stronger", "smarter" or whatever where as the dominating species will start to diversify, become less "optimized".

But why? And why is it that species that are pressured towards perfection often goes extinct while species that diversify often survives? Because diversification is a luxury. It means that you have more chances to survive the next time the climate changes or a new disease comes around or whatever where as something that has "perfected" itself is just one good disease away from extinction.

From an evolutionary point of view genetic diversity is far more of a benefit that "strong genes". As such, the more successful we become the more "weak" genes we will have and the stronger we will be as a species.

[Soteris]

Eugenics does not work and this is not why Hitler is considered evil. Eugenics, like the type Hitler favored is a one way first class ticket towards extinction as a species. If you care at all about genetic perfection or whatever, just use gene editing like a non stupid person equipped with modern technology.

[RandomGuy1030]

What was the type Hi*tler preferred?

[Soteris]

The same type that fucked up dog breeds to become genetic freaks with the expected amount of diseases and defective bodies to match. It would not have been pretty.

[MementoMori777]

No we are slowly being poisoned with toxins in, food, air, medicine and even mentally with the things we consider entertainment, y'all don't think it effects you but it does, everything publicized online is negative, how often y'all turn on the news or social media and y'all see someone doing something good or nice that would motivate others to do it as well, if people spent more time filling their minds with nice things, they would have a healthier mentality but everything spread online is sex, horror, drugs, crimes, y'all name it, it's there

[MementoMori777]

Tell me why every other living thing on this planet is evolving yet humanity is devolving, it's clear that we would be evolving if there wasn't some form of manipulation preventing that and that's what I mentioned above

[DaisyM23]

i mean the whole thing about evolution is the concept of natural selection and survival of the fittest, now to survive you just need to be smart and have lots of money which goes against nature

[RandomGuy1030]

How easy do you think it is for a sick, fat person to make money. They might have a psychological motivation to compensate for what rhey lack physically, but in general, someone who is unhealthy doesn't have the drive to make a lot of money.

[NostalgiaSenpi]

No. You're a nut job. We haven’t changed that much genetically, as a species. Most people still have the potential to chase a deer to exhaustion, if you have enough physical training. But since you have access to a supermarket, there really is no motivation to.

Remember the Pheidippides, who ran the first marathon died upon arrival. Now, we have people that can do it and be perfectly fine after.

[DarkLegacy]

Yes people are becoming weak minded snowflakes