Glove,
Maybe a better way to ask the question is like this: Before the advent of
the Sociological, we (humans) evolved like all other animals according to
the laws of natural selection. But like Pirsig says, "When we gained the
ability to control nature, we lost our chance to be a part of it." (Or
something close to that.) Sociological comforts and tools have separated us
from the influence of natural selection (unless you believe in social
Darwinism, which I don't). Organisms formally evolved in response to
geographical isolation (for concentrated gene pools) and other
environmental factors (availability of food, predators. Now that were
essentially cut off from that... shouldn't cease to evolve Biologically and
permanently drift laterally? In order for us to evolve biologically,
societies protections would need to be removed so that we were at the mercy
of Natural Biological Selection. I will admit that this theory becomes
alot trickier when trying to apply it to the Sociological/Intellectual
split. But then, everything seems to become more complicated at the
Intellectual. Oh well, any thoughts???
It's all good,
Rick
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