I've had a number of conversations in recent days, and in the past, about the way society today almost seems to pander to and protect the chronically stupid. One prime example are our laws and policing systems: by law, we are required to wear seat belts, and drive under the speed limit. These laws are policed by individuals who risk their own lives in order to protect the lives of those too stupid to think about the consequences of their actions. Admittedly, they are there to "protect the innocent" but at times one has to wonder. Further more, this stupidity seems to propogate almost endlessly, and if evolutionary fitness is at least lightly defined as the ability to produce the most offspring, then these traits seem to be the ones carried on into future generations.
See the attached link and segment from a movie for a little more of an expansion on my reasoning: http://www.egodialogues.com/general/idiocracy.php
I appreciate any reasoned commentary on this matter, although preferably not from those that apparently have the modern evolutionary advantage, as I fear too many of them already stalk the fora of LiveWire.
Post edited at 9:58 pm on May 9, 2008 by Nestariyuchyy
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