Quote Originally Posted by ermitonto

I've been thinking lately about human evolution.Evolution is a process that affects all species, and there is no reason to believe it has stopped working in mankind. In fact, it is well known that species which have to suddenly adapt to a new environment evolve more rapidly than others?
there is quite a reason to believe it stopped in mankind. evolution isn't a magical process that happens every once in a while just because, as presented in X-men. it's the result of natural selection. a member of the species that has an advantage in attracting mating partners, or asserting dominance, becomes dominant in the human gene pool. when a species adapts to their environment, the individuals do not actually change. rather, the members of the species that are most suited to surviving in the environment will become prominent in the gene pool. because we have society, government, and welfare programs (and the such), those who would naturally end up dead and out of the gene pool are artificially kept alive by government and societal assistance. for example, if we cure all the cancer patients, those more prone to getting cancer will not die and be removed from the gene pool, hence cancer will persist.

btw, I'm not saying we should let everybody die.