Re: the culmination of evolution is eugenics


nmp wrote:

Op Fri, 11 May 2007 15:25:48 -0700, schreef Lorentz:

Agreed, but with a caveat. The tendency "ethnically cleanse" could
have its origin in the biological process of evolution, if not the
theory of evolution.

Well, yes, *all* of our behaviours find their origin in our evolution.
That's so obvious it's almost meaningless.

You overlook pyramid building, that isn't our evolution, the space men
made us do it :-)

To be more serious... the theory of evolution has been applied to
explain a lot of human nature, and probably could be and will be used
to explain some more. But unless and until this is done, it remains
to be proved that evolution is "the" explanation of any given detail.
I do think it is, but saying so isn't a proof.

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