(April 18, 2012 at 10:01 am)Rhythm Wrote:(April 18, 2012 at 9:54 am)FallentoReason Wrote: It's already had a huge effect, like increased heart diseases from not enough exercise due to work and not having to physically move around for food.
That is an effect of sedentary lifestyles that has always been a glitch in the machines of our vascular systems. Technology didn't cause that. It just exposed the limitations. If you don't use muscular tissue it becomes weak, this would be as true of our paleolithic ancestors muscular tissue as it is of our own.
Such a fine line isn't it? We have all these adaptations for survival, but some of them are so succesful that they would seem to impact our survival..lol. Pro-tip, evolutionary processes don't give a shit whether you live or die, and as soon as you have procreated they are done with you. You're unlikely to have a heart attack before you are capable of knocking someone up (or getting knocked up), ergo success.
Oh yeah....! I see what you're saying. I didn't realise there was that distinction.
I'd say evolutionary processes do care about you living or dying to an extent. The two go hand in hand: you evolve to better survive so that you can pass on the genes that will slowly evolve so that you can survive so that...etc.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
