[Garth Tater]

"We can’t measure evolutionary change by our temporary, arbitrary standards of “fitness.” What is evolving is necessarily, logically, the creature that best fits the changing surroundings."

Yep. 50,000 years ago (before the advent of agriculture) smart, fast and strong brought home the bacon. And then agriculture replaced hunting as the most efficient way to generate calories and the smart, strong, fast hunter's genes became less "fit" and the genes that built a man that could toil for long hours in the fields became the genes that produced more children. And since it takes less brainpower to work in the fields than it does to successfully hunt game it is not surprising that we have lost approximately 10% of our brain matter since some smart guy figured out how to plant and harvest crops.

And now here we are at the beginning of a new definition of fitness. Working long and hard out in the fields (or anywhere else for that matter) is no longer required to survive. Public welfare keeps bellies full and it's not the genes that build a hard worker that produce the most children it is the genes that produce the biggest testicles. A couple of thousand generations from now (if things continue along the path they are now on - a big if) our brains will have continued to shrink and our musculature will have shrunk but our balls will be enormous!

[firebrand]

Or you could say: As the world gets more and more crowded, the ability to get along with others becomes more and more important. Social smarts are going to outweigh technical smarts.

[arrogantsob]

Sounds like “South Park.”