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At what speed does it operate? And what do you think I claimed?
Because you are describing evolutionary change as if it operates on the scale of decades or centuries.
When did I make this claim? Europeans peaked genetically around 1800 and have been slow decline since. The vast majority of the recent decline has been cultural, not genetic. But the genetic decline will continue for another century and by then the majority will be genetic. This has happened before for declining civilizations.
That's a bizarre assertion given the scale of improvements socially and technologically since the barbarism of the 1800s.
So why change?This is part of the problem - no natural selection.
If there isn't a significant biological pressure there isn't a justification for a biological change.
And is there was some kind of force of genetic decay, then there would be a pressure.
I agree. The issue is that genetic decline is much harder to reverse than culture decline, so genetic decline should be avoided at all costs. And it is happening now without any resistance.
That's an assertion, but I fail to see a justification for believing it is real.
This is a silly argument. I am not comparing human variation to animals. My point is that what you may consider to be small variations in genetics can have a big impact on human intelligence and can make the difference between a successful society and a failed society.
But you'd have to demonstrate a justification for it's existence and why on Earth it would be increasing.
The rise in divorce is solely due to the reduction in social and legal consequences for divorce.I won't support my assertions because the measurable signs of decay always lag behind behavioral decay which liberals ignore. For example the increased divorce rate. You will say it doesn't matter and I will tell you to read enough original source material to get a feel for what rising and declining cultures look like. For a great introduction to this topic, read the Old Testament.
Personally, I feel it's one of the signs of social improvement. I believe that long term stable and happy relationships is a better option than relationships breaking down... but relationships breaking down is a vast improvement on people being trapped in unhealthy and destructive relationships.
If you are going to use the Old Testament as a blue print for healthy societies, can you be specific? My concern is that the societies depicted there all seem to suffer from being civilisations of their time, and so full of nightmarish behaviors like slavery, genocide and execution by torture.
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