http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/05/15/1216216.shtml?tid=191&tid=126&tid=14

Ah, gotta love Slashdot. Where else would you get articles about the
end of evolution? Complete with comments that in 100 years the average
IQ will be 60-70. They'd better look up the definition of IQ.

As usual though, there are a few pearls of wisdom. Like the fact that
some people have slightly odd physiologies so that they don't respond
well to medicines, are going to be on the losing side. Reminds me of an
article here about how in France people are always gettings heaps of
drugs from pharmacies because they're choosing doctors who'll perscribe
stuff over doctors who don't.

But they're right though, evolution never stops, it's just takes a
different form. Now almost everybody with any kind of defect lives to
repoduce giving the gene a massive amount of variation. All we need is
a pandemic to come around and kill off the really weak ones. Any
mutation that requires the person to be continually supported will be
wiped out real quick when the government ceases to exist or a meteor
hits earth. But in the meantime, any other benficial mutations they had
will be passed on as well...

I actually the problem is more that with people travelling all over the
place, beneficial mutations will get diluted so much that they'll never
get together to form a meaningful subgroup that is differentiated.

Anyway, it's not like there's anything we can do about it. We'll be
dead before we notice anyway...

I do like one suggestion for an indicator of the ultimate evolved
human: when they have a pulsating white apple symbol under their skin
when they sleep...
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It's been suggested to me that I could hop on a flight to the UK and
watch HHGTTG there. I'm desperate, but not that desperate.

As consolation though I'm watching the TV series again which is quite
funny still and longer to boot :)

Also, I just noticed that I'm getting the new Doctor Who series. I
mean, I'm getting BBC1 and BBC2, it just never occurred to me to check.
Anyway, they're up to 1.8 "Fathers Day" so I missed the first 7
episodes. Teach me for removing the wishlist from my TiVo. Blah.

Oh yeah, why do they keep repeating Voyager endlessly but not TNG?
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