Re: Mankind - the product of de-evolution?

"But from the viewpoint of "survival of the fittest", humanitarianism, empathy and selflessness are muddying the gene pool. By reaching out to those who are less able, we are encouraging the perpetuation of genes that are less fit. (Just to be clear, I am not discouraging those traits, by any means. They indicate spiritual evolution, which is much more important ultimately.)"

That's an interesting statement that "survival of the fittest" probably skews the gene pool to more preditorial competencies and away from cooperative, moral and altruistic traits that make for what we think of as highly civilized societies.

Unfortunately it should be obvious that at the species level given our capacity to kill our entire species hundreds of times over in mere minutes - our only hope is that the societies that control the destructive power are also the kinds of highly civilized societies we seem to be evolving away from.

Until recently, the US was widely (though not universally) seen as the steward of these terminally destructive technologies but with a humanitarian outlook and restraints. Now that we've abandoned that role (in the eyes of everyone in the world except ourselves), the entire fabric of world security has been obliterated.

How much this fact alone has lowered mankinds odds for survival even 30 years out is widely known but certainly not debated in the commercial media.