Riiiiggght......

[patgund]

Morlocks and Eloi anyone??

Human species 'may split in two'

"Evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry of the London School of Economics expects a genetic upper class and a dim-witted underclass to emerge.

The human race would peak in the year 3000, he said - before a decline due to dependence on technology.

People would become choosier about their sexual partners, causing humanity to divide into sub-species, he added.

The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the "underclass" humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures."

Comments

[tepintzin.livejournal.com]

I don't buy it. Given the new (and in my opinion reprehensible) tendencies towards being able to make custom children, there's a good chance we'll all look alike eventually.

Furthermore, look at all the pretty stupid people and "ugly" smart people. Either we're going to stay intermarrying and left with the Mendel's cross of looks we have so far, or everyone is going to become pretty and smart.

[henglaar.livejournal.com]

Its interesting how he has decided that despite the trend for intelligent people to be "geeks" and less physically attractive, that somehow the intelligent ones will be the beautiful ones.

Personally, I subscribe to C.M. Kornbluths theory that the dumb ones will vastly outnumber the smart ones, and there will be this terrific struggle to keep civilization going despite the disparity in numbers.

Of course, sometimes Im nearly as cynical as Kornbluth, who also said "There is a finite amount of intelligence on the Earth", and then pointed out that the population is still growing . . .

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

How optimistic of him. He really thinks we're going to last another 1000 years as a species?

Then again, that is the time of Miles Vorkosigan... [eg]