Our senses are diminished- esp. sight, hearing and smell. Intelligence won't mean much if the power grid collapses for an extended period of time or our croplands, water supply and food supply becomes contaminated beyond repair. (Coal ash spill-Tennesee) Farmers may have a better chance than city dwellers but they have their own set of problems. The long term effects of prescription drugs is unknown- it is a drop in the bucket- like the chemicals added to our food supply- growing and processing. An operation can be a success and you could wind up with staph or mennigitis- paralysed for life. You could be deceived in mate selection. You can't protect your children forever. What food could you gather? A raccoon or a squirrel? Group think has destroyed the self-sufficient individual. Our steeds have turned into cars that need a geek to repair them. Our laws and government are beyond an individual's control (Hobbes).
On Jul 14, 12:35 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > As I understand one basic premise of the theory of evolution, > survival of the fittest prefers individuals that live longer, breed > faster and leave more progeny. Yet two traits we possess – sleep and > intelligence – seem to contradict this preference. > Sleep works against survival for, while sleeping, an individual can > hardly defend against attack and consumption. So evolution would seem > to have selected those individuals needing less and less sleep, until > sleep would no longer be needed. Yet today, maybe one billion years > after speciation began, we still need our 8 hours of sleep. > Intelligence also seems to disprove the all-encompassing scope of > evolution. Those individuals better able to recall experience and > predict the future would have an advantage in food-gathering, mate > selection and progeny protection. Yet we hardly seem smarter today > than humans living thousands of years ago. > Are these traits exceptions to evolution? Are there other exceptions? > I expect so. But no one discusses them. Why not? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
