Have we ruined natural selection?

[patlajan]

Having conquered most deadly diseases by immunization, modern medicine finds itself curing people who have hurt themselves. I think this is ruining natural selection, and weakening the human genome.

In modern life there are not as many consequences for foolish behavior. For example extreme sports/stunts idiots. If you jump off a building miss the pool and break every bone in your body, then damn it you should die. But today such a fool will live, and possibly pass on their fool genes to make fool children.

Lung cancer patients are another example. If you have been smoking all your life disregarding the countless messages telling you that smoking causes cancer, then expensive medical care should not be wasted on you while there are people that are really sick.

[Anonymouse]

One thing is for sure, we haven't stopped this.

Eggplant Flea Beetle



DESCRIPTION

Adult - The oval, black, 2-mm-long beetle has thickened, jumping hind legs. Its antennae are « to 2/3 the length of its body. This species resembles the potato flea beetle but has black legs and slightly hairy wing covers.
Egg - Generally elliptical in shape, the egg is 0.4 mm long, 0.2 mm wide, and pointed at one end. Though white at first, it gradually becomes yellowish-gray.

Larva - A typical flea beetle larva is white with a brown head and three pairs of brown legs near its head. This species is 4 to 5 mm long when fully grown.

Pupa - Shaped roughly like adults, pupae are found in the soil. They are white at first but gradually darken.

BIOLOGY

Distribution - Occurring throughout most of this country, eggplant flea beetles tend to be most common in southern states.
Host Plants - This flea beetle has a narrow host range. Reports of its occurrence have been limited to eggplant, potato, horsenettle, pokeweed, sugar beet, and strawberry.

Damage - Feeding on new growth as it appears in spring, flea beetles can be very destructive to young plants. They leave foliage riddles with holes, the edges of which turn brown giving plants a diseased appearance. Though older leaves often withstand this injury, younger leaves may be killed. Flea beetle larvae feed on roots and may cause damage to tuber crops such as beet and potato.

Some damage.



We have to stop this.

[patlajan]

Speaking of natural selection not doing its job here comes an example.

[gevo]

I think this is ruining natural selection, and weakening the human genome.

ok.. as i do understand your point.. i cannot help but to question your facts about this.. as you said you "think" this is disrupting natural selection.. what kind of scientific explanation is there for this>? or atleast a real hypothesis or something..

[patlajan]

ok.. as i do understand your point.. i cannot help but to question your facts about this.. as you said you "think" this is disrupting natural selection.. what kind of scientific explanation is there for this>? or atleast a real hypothesis or something..

Hmmm Well I do suppose you can take a cross section of average people and a cross section of skate boarding ramp flying bungee jumping a-holes and give them IQ tests.
I would think someone who look over a height and decides is a good idea to jump is lacking something in the head. Since a certain fear of heights and other dangers is a perfectly natural instinct.

[sSsflamesSs]

I like this thread. Will contribute later.

[patlajan]

I like this thread. Will contribute later.

Oook. Thanks for stopping by.

[gevo]

Hmmm Well I do suppose you can take a cross section of average people and a cross section of skate boarding ramp flying bungee jumping a-holes and give them IQ tests.
I would think someone who look over a height and decides is a good idea to jump is lacking something in the head. Since a certain fear of heights and other dangers is a perfectly natural instinct.

OK.. need to go to work son. but.. real quick... R u afraid of heights>> lol..

There is nothign wrong with me.. and i do worse than skateboarding.. much more dangerous

but your last response was more of a joke.. lets trr to seriously answer the wuestions posed.. lol. (keyword *TRY*)

[ckBejug]

lets trr to seriously answer the wuestions posed.. lol. (keyword *TRY*)

Actually gevo, keyword was *TRR*, and what are weustions?

Ok, all joking aside, why don't the stupid people just die? I do believe the world can do without the Jessica Simpsons out there.

[violette829]

First of all, there are people in the world who get cancer, that never smoked a day in their lives. What about 3 year old children who get it? If, God forbid, your child had it, wouldn't you want science and medicine to work on your side and find a cure? There's no cure for cancer, so I don't understand why you even brought that one up as an example. Here's a stick ...shove it into something please.