Why Doesn't Evolution Get Rid of Ugly People?

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: ahurtt
The answer to your question is explained in the movie, 'Idiocracy'

That movie is frickin AWESOME.
I liked Office Space better, but I really do think Mike Judge did an Excellent job with Idiocracy.

 

[BrokenVisage]

If evolution did such a thing like that to you uglies then this forum would be a lot less crowded.

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

Gravity is still a theory too, both are facts, it's known without a doubt that they natures laws at work, but exactly HOW they work, well that is a theory.

A theory in science is not like any other theory though, and it does not graduate one day and become a law, a theory is the means known even if the knowledge is not complete yet.

A theory is constantly tested and IF disproven it will change, falsifiability is one of the cornerstones in science.

 

[Number1]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
If evolution did such a thing like that to you uglies then this forum would be a lot less crowded.

Do you wear that bag because you're ugly or just because?

 

[TheTony]

Beauty is not a genetic attribute. It's a subjective quality.

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: TheTony
Beauty is not a genetic attribute. It's a subjective quality.

Yes it is a genetic attribute. That attribute is subjectively judged.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn

Originally posted by: ahurtt
The answer to your question is explained in the movie, 'Idiocracy'

That movie is frickin AWESOME.
I liked Office Space better, but I really do think Mike Judge did an Excellent job with Idiocracy.

Meh, it started out alright (not including the stupid reproduction skit at the very beginning) but just got too ridiculous to watch after about an hour for me. I like Judge and thought the premise was kooky enough to work, but it was just too stupid to bare after a while! lol

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Number1

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
If evolution did such a thing like that to you uglies then this forum would be a lot less crowded.

Do you wear that bag because you're ugly or just because?

A little from column A, a little more from column B..

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim

Originally posted by: mooncancook
Evolution is still a theory i think

That's a play on words. A Scientific "Theory" is as close to a fact as science can get.

Not really. Take String Theory. Lots of strange ideas in String theory, like wormholes, alternate dimensions, multiple big bangs. People have yet to prove string theory too.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: Mwilding
for the same reason you survived childhood to post this thread.

:thumbsup:

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Gravity is still a theory too, both are facts, it's known without a doubt that they natures laws at work, but exactly HOW they work, well that is a theory.

A theory in science is not like any other theory though, and it does not graduate one day and become a law, a theory is the means known even if the knowledge is not complete yet.

A theory is constantly tested and IF disproven it will change, falsifiability is one of the cornerstones in science.

Gravity is a LAW. Relativity is a good example of a theory that is almost as good as law.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: zeruty
Ugly people+Ugly people... Ugly people still mate
Welfare
Public health care/medicaid

What is funny/alarming/said/i-dunno is that we believe in evolution and natural selection but we are not paying attention to the possible long term implications for the human species.

In history past diseases that are now treatable (but genetically curable) significantly shortened one's lifetime and possibly made it difficult to procreate.

Now... a lot more genetically "unhealthy" people are living longer and living well and propagating 'bad genes" to their children and so on. In times past, natural selection would have weeded them out through a naturally short lifespan or other means.

I am simply making an observation... I think that every human being has a right to best life they can obtain.

But this also why I feel that genetic engineering may prove vital to the future of mankind. Without it, the human species is going to evolve into two sub species... one that is more intelligent, healthier, and better looking and that is sickly, less intelligent, and not as good looking. Of course, there would some crossover... but still, by and large, that is where the human species is heading in the long, long run.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
Gravity is still a theory too, both are facts, it's known without a doubt that they natures laws at work, but exactly HOW they work, well that is a theory.

A theory in science is not like any other theory though, and it does not graduate one day and become a law, a theory is the means known even if the knowledge is not complete yet.

A theory is constantly tested and IF disproven it will change, falsifiability is one of the cornerstones in science.

Gravity is a LAW. Relativity is a good example of a theory that is almost as good as law.

This should be entertaining...

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Rich people have hot daughters. It's a fact.

Kelly Osborne kills that theory

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
But this also why I feel that genetic engineering may prove vital to the future of mankind. Without it, the human species is going to evolve into two sub species... one that is more intelligent, healthier, and better looking and that is sickly, less intelligent, and not as good looking. Of course, there would some crossover... but still, by and large, that is where the human species is heading in the long, long run.

No it's not. Humans will become non-biological long before artificial selection has any substantial impact. And this isn't the long long run, this is the short short run, this century. Natural selection won't even make a dent of an impact.

 

[TheTony]

Originally posted by: NanoStuff

Originally posted by: TheTony
Beauty is not a genetic attribute. It's a subjective quality.

Yes it is a genetic attribute. That attribute is subjectively judged.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: TheTony

Originally posted by: NanoStuff

Originally posted by: TheTony
Beauty is not a genetic attribute. It's a subjective quality.

Yes it is a genetic attribute. That attribute is subjectively judged.

He makes perfect sense...

 

[slsmnaz]

because someone has to live in Alabama?

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: mooncancook
Evolution is still a theory i think

So is gravity. :roll:

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: SoulAssassin

Originally posted by: illusion88
Rich people have hot daughters. It's a fact.

Kelly Osborne kills that theory

So does paris hilton, aka Skeletor!

 

[Mucho]

Because even a sick, stupid or ugly mates are better than none at all.

 

[imported_Imp]

'Ugly' people tend to have more children.

All the 'smart' people are smart enough to not have many or just don't have the time.

 

[FeuerFrei]

That would be selective breeding. NOT evolution. If it took place, that is.

 

[Number1]

Would we be better off had evolution eliminated the rolling stones or Celine Dion? I mean they got to be the ugliest people on the planet.

YES!

 

[NanoStuff]

Originally posted by: Number1
Would we be better off had evolution eliminated the rolling stones or Celine Dion? I mean they got to be the ugliest people on the planet.

Ugliest, possibly if you exclude the likes of people on this forum, you for example. It's so easy for ugly people to suggest half decent looking people are ugly. Delusion FTW.