In an effort to be a better student I have been actually doing my homework lately. That means that I did indeed read Benjamin Phelan's How We Evolve. This is one assignment I probably would have been better off skipping. I realize that I may not get points for this blog post but at the same time I'll never get back the 45 min of life I wasted reading this article so if I want to pointlessly rant then I am going to pointlessly rant.
First of all, what the heck is going in the first eightpages? I seriously did NOT get that. And angst? What angst? I didn't sense the tiniest bit of angst when he said "The fate of our civlization and maybe our species may be determined by the next five generations. So I don't really give a shit what's happening to our genetic evolution". I did however get a pretty good sense of anger from the guy at the top of the page. I can actually see how this guy's "angst" is justified. Basically his point is that humans might be gone pretty soon so he doesnt give a duck if 2,000 years from now humans have evolved to have like idk 13 toes instead of 10.
As far as angst in the line about self-inflicted extinction goes...im just not seeing it.
actually you know what i take back what i said previously about getting no points for this. I am legit asking for comments if someone will explain this p.o.s. to me then I willl happily rewrite my blog, until them im going to dutch treats i am badly in need of some zero calorie vitamin water.
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I did not feel the angst either, but I did think this article was really interesting. I've often thought about the fact that I do not see how we can continue evolving because we no longer pick mates based on whether or not they will produce the healthiest children. We now believe in 'spiritual' love, and my friends are the first ones to forget about this. When I tell my friends that I want to marry someone who will do well financially, be a good father, and be a good partner to me (THEN i'll look at love) they think I am CRAZY. But love fades, a good partnership does not fade as fast.(this comment turned into a rant, I apologize)
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