evolution – multi-part posting, part 3: over population
OK so by now you’re all wondering when he’ll shut the heck up I’m sure but yet, here is:
Part 3 Over-population.
Forestry management discovered years ago that if they let the deer population grow unchecked, eventually they breed to the point where the numbers end up starving themselves. There is just not enough food to go around in certain areas. So the deer populations are controlled for their own greater good.
Ok, so if we take one part of the world. A part of the world where starvation and despair are the reality of every day life. Hell, we can take all parts of the world with these same issues, they all serve the same example. We see the commercials all the time. Poor emancipated children covered with flies holding a filthy empty bowl. Begging that we help these poor starving people. And we give. The aid flows to these counties. Some of it even makes it past the corrupt dictatorial regimes and gets to the people it was intended for. They get a little food, a little fresh water. We try to teach them how to squeeze more water from destitute lands. Oh, and we bring them religion. And what’s the first thing they do when the sudden supply of food and water gives them the energy? They go forth and multiply. Adding more to their populous in areas that weren’t even viable to sustain the existing populations let alone increased numbers. And the suffering continues but now in greater numbers.
Ok, so what’s my point? Evolution. The strong and the smart survive. These people are living in areas incapable of sustaining their populations. Are we really helping them? Do we actually do them any good by feeding them and giving them hope? Aren’t we basically setting them up for more despair a suffering in the long run? They have become dependent on outside help now. How have we helped? What is more cruel- prolonging them and making them suffer in far greater numbers? Or letting nature take it’s own course on these areas? Have we interfered with natural process of evolution?
evolution – multi-part posting, part 2: devolving
Part 2
Over the centuries diseases and disasters have taken their toll and kept many populations in check. The black plague, influenza, measles, all kinds of maladies have attacked mankind and decimated our ranks. It seemed to be natural population control. But then we learned science. We learned to defeat many of these things. We learned to survive. Our compassion allows us to help those once destined for a very short life. We have thrived. But is it all going to be to our own detriment?
I’m beginning to think we have stalled our own evolution. Or even started to devolve. We do everything we can to make out lives easier. Looking at statistics today, kids are over weight and out of shape in greater numbers then ever before. We genetically engineer crops for higher yields. We add chemicals and alter what we feed farm animals, then we eat those animals Science keeps coming up with new chemicals and substances to improve our lives. Yet cancer is running rampant and seems to be affecting greater percentages of population. Nut allergies and similar maladies are rapidly increasing amongst the general population. Science can give us more ways to produce food sources, but is that engineered food benefiting us or slowly killing us in ways we are only starting to see and understand. I look around the area I live, and I see farmland is rapidly giving way to subdivisions. This is a land that feeds us…. And it’s being over-run by population. We point fingers at emissions and pollution but I’m of the opinion that just sheer numbers of man will be our final undoing.
evolution – multi-part posting, part 1: mold!
I have been writing on the above topic this week and it’s starting to end up as a hugely long winded post. Who the heck has time to read all that? So I decided that it would be much better to split things up.
Be warned dear readers, this is my opinion and may offend some.
Part 1
My perception of mankind in the world, is that we are constantly interfering with the evolution of the human species. Let me delve into this a little bit. I’ll try not to ramble too much. We are hearing all over the news and groups and such, that global warming/ climate change is a huge threat to the earth. But really, the biggest threat to the earth is over population. As I see it, the Earth is a piece of fruit…. Say an orange. Man is the mold on that fruit. The mold will keep growing and consuming that fruit until it is destroyed, only then will the mold itself cease to flourish.
“Oh, gasp, groan… he just called us all fungus?”
Well, yes, pretty much. Many religions teach us that the world and everything on it are here for our use. Animals, plants, everything. Religion also preaches to “go forth and multiply”. These are 2 (and trust me not the only) concepts of religion I have issue with. You’ll notice as I write, I seem to have issues with a lot of things but hey, I’m just me. Ok, this isn’t about religion though. This is actually about evolution. I guess that in itself is another thing that flies in the face of religion but I’ll cover all that real soon in another one of my rants.
Norm
