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General Science / Re: Has There Been Any Significant Evolution in Humanity?
« on: 03/01/2012 21:42:21 »
GN
Recent evolutionary pressures include, as you point out, potentially deleterious forces as well. You specifically mention basic IQ.
I have two responses. First, you don't need to be a smart person to be good and contributing citizen. Second, I suspect Marx, Engels, Lenin et all were way above normal intellectually speaking. They seem to have believed it themselves and worshiped their own intellects to the point of killing anyone who might have an inferior thought.
Recent evolutionary pressures include, as you point out, potentially deleterious forces as well. You specifically mention basic IQ.
I have two responses. First, you don't need to be a smart person to be good and contributing citizen. Second, I suspect Marx, Engels, Lenin et all were way above normal intellectually speaking. They seem to have believed it themselves and worshiped their own intellects to the point of killing anyone who might have an inferior thought.