[z3n]

why is it that every time I read stuff like this, it just sounds like some bored old academics conjured some new stuff up at a coffee house pow wow.
It always seems to contradict other things they have been saying, and often includes garbage that would get your butt beat if you said it in a bar.

I love the bit about how evolution is accelerating, yet later it conjectures about how successful jews in northern Europe had larger families, thus increasing intelligence in their gene pool. Well, modern society seems to promote larger offspring counts for the least successful. What does that say bout your 'accelerating evolution'?

[seowulf]

Well, modern society seems to promote larger offspring counts for the least successful. What does that say bout your 'accelerating evolution'?

It says nothing about it. Evolution does not imply things will improve according to some individual's perspective, only that survivability of offspring will shape what they look like. Government assistance increases the survivability of the least successful. Therefore, we will evolve into people who depend on government.