The weak and stupid survive

[Dis]

the most serious problem we will face in the future is penises. We will continue engineering bigger and bigger penises until men's penises drag the ground. This would have less than desirable effects in olympic sports and many everyday routines. It would also hurt if you walked over a cactus.

[faded glory]

I heard humans would never survive a post-full-blown-nuclear war. Sure, there would be survivors.....but the nuclear winter, which in theory, can last hundreds of years would likely kill any survivors.

And does anybody know what the scientists say would survive? I do, but I want to see what you all say

[ranskaldan]

Well, during the last Apocalyptic Event (the extinction of the dinosaurs), basically any animal larger than 30cm (a foot) disappeared.

[yin26]

Cockroaches. And tax collectors. Yes. Cockroaches and the Tax Man.

[faded glory]

Yin is right. on land Mammal's would cease to exist. And Roaches would be the only survivors. Would they evolve into supersmart-roaches? I dont know.....

Why Roaches? Because of there short life span and small dietary needs.

[ranskaldan]

I'd say that mice would survive too.
Same reasons.

So mammals won't totally die out.

[yin26]

I think I also read that cockroaches don't die if you put them in the microwave and try to cook them. Anybody know if this is true or not? Anybody care to do some quick Net research? Home research?

[faded glory]

How Mice would die after 20-30 years... Roaches on the other hand, would just make more of themselves to die and eat...

[loinburger]

A roach can live for a month with its head cut off. It eventually dies of dehydration, since it can't drink without a head.

Yin, I wouldn't be at all surprised if a roach could survive being microwaved.

BTW, how do you folks go about meeting so many weak and stupid people? Pretty much everybody I deal with on a day to day basis is strong, intelligent, or both. Am I hanging out in the wrong bars or something?

[Dis]

by the way I was serious about my post about men's penises. When am I not? this is one of many issues that will arrive with genetic manipulation and engineering of humans. Blonde hair, blue eyes- you name it. Big breasts for women- no one under 6 feet tall. When will it end? How will people choose mates when this happens? Everyone will look similar (not the same since people have different tastes- but most people fit in 2 or 3 categories). Personalties will be genetically engineered as well. Although personality can change with upbringing and environment.

Not for me to worry. Not likely to happen in my lifetime- hopefully. I have a hard enough time getting women- I don't want to compete with 6 foot 4 inch blonde haired, blue eyed men with 20 inch penises.

[yin26]

Funny you mention that. I remember hearing from some anthropologists that they think the reason the average black person's penis is longer than the average white person's penis is that in Africa where men run around exposed, the women were free to choose 'healthy' mates, and penis size seemed to be a good indicator of health. I have no idea if there's any correlation.

This is the same way 'beautiful' people are selected as mates: Some outward sign of health. You don't want to marry a particularly ugly person because ugly and unheathy often run together. What's interesting here is how changing cultural values affect the equation. Plump women, for example, used to be considered a far better mate than a thin women. In part I suppose this represented the brutual realities of childbearing and more labor intensive chores of bygone eras. A thin woman wouldn't cut it, so thin became not as beautiful.

[MORON]

Free birth control? Bah

Free firearms....now thats an idea

[DaShi]

vector.cshl.org/eugenics

[yin26]

Hey. Here's a FREE game dealing with breeding certain traits for a purpose: ENJOY!

[Sarxis]

Originally posted by Caligastia


No, this is about improving the human gene pool.

I just know that the word "Nazis" has been mentioned in this thread already...