Re: Population and longevity

From: Gordon (gordonlr_at_DELETEswbell.net)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 18:48:51 GMT

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 23:51:33 GMT, joseywales@outlaw.nospam (David
James Polewka) wrote:

>We face a whole slew of problems because of the failure to
>stabilize our population. We're living in luxury compared to the
>rest of history, with our indoor plumbing, convenient and reliable
>water and food supply, push-button heating and air-conditioning,
>ready-made clothing, cheap transportation, and great variety of
>entertainment. Why do we have to be so greedy regarding longevity?
>
Can anyone shed any light on the statistics supporting the idea
that humans have already begun to diverge into what may
eventually become two separate species? What I'm getting at here
is the idea that upper IQ people tend to mate and reproduce with
persons of about the same level IQ, while lower IQ people mate
and reproduce with similarly low IQ individuals. If this is
reasonably true, and if the trend continues, how long would it
take for the two segments of humanity to diverge to the point of
being separate species. I know, it would take some fundamental
genetic modifications or mutations before cross breeding would no
longer happen, but with our ever increasing knowledge of
genetics, we may be on the threshold of implementing such
mutations by choice. Will it happen???

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