Ok so I have been thinking about this one for a while, and I have talked to a few friends just to see what they think, and so far it has offended a lot of people. Therefore I decided to get some other view points on this.
Disclaimer: If you do not believe in evolution do not post, thanks and please don't be offended.
My basic idea is that modern medicine is actually hurting the human race. With a vast amount of previously untreatable illnesses now being treated those people are living and reproducing. So take for example cancer: many scientists agree that many types of cancer are genetic, and if the people who got cancer did not have modern medicine to help them then they would never have been able to reproduce. The same can be said about Diabetes and other illness. With all of these diseases no longer being *as* life threatening as they were in the past the rate at which they are passed on is greatly increased. In evolution the strongest survive long enough to reproduce, and now with medicine the "weakest" can survive and reproduce. So instead of the natural evolutionary process I feel we are continuing to pass on bad genes and treating the side effects.
While I think it is great that modern western medicine can treat almost every illness I am mainly thinking about things in the long term for the human race. If everyone has an equal chance of surviving and reproducing then how is the human race improving? What traits mean someone will be able to reproduce? I mean you can't even decide if someone is healthy by looks because they probably have a fake nose and teeth. I just think there is no sort of challenge for modern man to face in order to improve itself. If we continue to pass on bad genes then I think we are doomed to fail.
everyone lives = everyone reproduces = everyone fails
Disclaimer: If you do not believe in evolution do not post, thanks and please don't be offended.
My basic idea is that modern medicine is actually hurting the human race. With a vast amount of previously untreatable illnesses now being treated those people are living and reproducing. So take for example cancer: many scientists agree that many types of cancer are genetic, and if the people who got cancer did not have modern medicine to help them then they would never have been able to reproduce. The same can be said about Diabetes and other illness. With all of these diseases no longer being *as* life threatening as they were in the past the rate at which they are passed on is greatly increased. In evolution the strongest survive long enough to reproduce, and now with medicine the "weakest" can survive and reproduce. So instead of the natural evolutionary process I feel we are continuing to pass on bad genes and treating the side effects.
While I think it is great that modern western medicine can treat almost every illness I am mainly thinking about things in the long term for the human race. If everyone has an equal chance of surviving and reproducing then how is the human race improving? What traits mean someone will be able to reproduce? I mean you can't even decide if someone is healthy by looks because they probably have a fake nose and teeth. I just think there is no sort of challenge for modern man to face in order to improve itself. If we continue to pass on bad genes then I think we are doomed to fail.
everyone lives = everyone reproduces = everyone fails