Should we interbreed with our family members?

Originally Posted by Ulysses

Humans can also compensate for people with physical and mental disabilities too, so these people will not die out despite being technically weaker and less able to survive in the wild. I think the reason why humans are growing taller (notably Asians in particular) is because of different, more Western-style diets that give them better basic nutrition when they're younger. I don't see any environmental need for them to be taller, so I don't think it would just happen except by accident.

Yeah, I've actually always felt that we should start to get shorter as time goes on, since there's no reason for the average guy to be 6' tall anymore. I mean, sure, it's nice to be able to reach the top shelf without a problem, but think how much less resources I would need if I was 5' tall instead.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by dictionary.com

ev·o·lu·tion
1. A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form.

I think it's one of those terms like 'accelerate'. Generally, when you think of acceleration, you think of something speeding up. But, by the definition of the world, slowing down is also acceleration and words like 'deceleration' are pretty much pointless.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by AndyClaw

From what I can tell, the same environmental factors that are somehow poisoning us with such a high amount of cancer lately might also be causing an excess of genetic mutations to us humans and also increasing genetic diseases.

I don't know any specific data on whether we are more healthy now or 100 years ago though, but from what rumors I have heard, we are coming down with more defects now. So don't take my word for it!

Take a look at expected mortality rates from 100 years ago and compare them to today's and tell me that we're worse off.

Sure, we may be dying from getting fat when we're 65 instead of living until we're 75, but how many people do you know that have died of smallpox or influenza?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.