I have been think a lot about evolution and how it can be applied to many different things. For example, human nature. Are people artuistic because of social pressures, religious fear or promise of reward, or is there a evolutionary root in which those individuals who engaged in altruistic behavior were more successful and passed the trait on.
I suppose there is an assumption that all things will be affected by survival of the fittest, which if you look at the work place simply cannot be true. We all know people who are promoted or given authority they are not fit for. So couldn’t one make the assumption that the environment of the modern workplace is rewarding that incompetence or there is some non-environmental influence occurring.
I have also wondered why humans no longer have traits and what evolutionary benefit losing them could have had. For example we evolved from apes, and if you see baby apes they have the ability to hang on to their mothers. Why did we loose that? I think that would be awesome to still have. Same thing goes for a tail.
I was watching the documentary “Flock of Dodos” which covers intelligent design and the attack on evolution. The part I find so incredibly frustrating is that we still refer to it as the “Theory of Evolution” It is not a theory any longer, it is a fact backed up by an incredible amount of evidence.
Now not only is there fossil evidence, but now with DNA we can actually identify the changes. It doesn’t mean there aren’t still questions, but at least it has more answers than Intelligent Design which leaves a HUGE question. “Who is the designer?”