Current human evolution? (Introduction)

by David Turell , Sunday, March 29, 2015, 05:57 (3527 days ago) @ Balance_Maintained


> Tony;Just playing the devil's advocate here, but IF evolution were true, than aren't Doctors actually working against the human race by increasing the survival and transmission rates of undesirable evolutionary traits? You mentioned diabetes, but what about other genetic diseases? Surely if survival of the fittest is correct (which I don't really believe) then the best course for the human race would be to let diseases kill whomever it is going to kill. Those that survive to breed pass on a resistance to the next generation. 
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> For the record, I am NOT advocating this.-I frankly don't know what to advocate. Making diabetes more prevalent is not a good solution or result, but I can't kill a patient, can I? As for other conditions that present a similar problem same answer. We have trapped ourselves in preserving the worst conditions. The answer is to correct the genetics artificially. Perhaps we can.