If we developed features 3000 years ago (or 10,000), the fact that we have changed our environment now does not mean that these features will be lost.
As said before, the fact that we have such a controlled environment does allow for most traits (new or old)to persist, and allows other changes to take place. It is not until our environment is stained, which it inevitably will be, that the benefits or disadvantages of different traits will show through.
If we lose control of this environment, some traits will cause groups to fail, other traits will allow groups to excel. Much of this depends on what type of change occurs in the living environment. This is common throughout history... Species develop, enter a comfort zone and proliferate. The genetic variance they gain during this "grace" period determines which groups survive during the stressful time periods.
The environment does not create changes within a species, it only affects which ones persist.
I am a fairly computer illiterate person who has always used Word and would agree with your first statement, but when it comes to writing even a very basic scientific paper, Word's dictionary is shockingly bad.
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wow, I subscribed to this site solely to tell you that your statement hear is probably the most short sited, selfish ignorant post I have ever read. I don't even know how to go about ripping your comments apart without taking it one stupid sentence at a time.
"I am NOT an environmentalist. I will NOT sacrifice my lifestyle for "the greater good." I am focused on my family first, idealism is a WAY distant second."
You say your a family man, and your kids are important to you, have you heard simple point that they will learn in 1st grade? It has something to do with preserving the world so our kids can enjoy it... Beyond the obvious things like California and most other coast lines in the world, I hope you don't mind that they will never see the Great Barrier Reef, or be able to visit primary rain forest. Have you ever heard of asthma? How about pneumonia or maybe something called cancer? Do you know why rates of these are always increasing, despite billions of dollars in medical research to prevent them? Wait, I'm sorry, you probably don't believe in medical research because it is a little too idealistic to actually try to cure disease. Plus, I'm sure your kids will never get sick, so it doesn't relate to you.
When it comes to smoking cigarettes, do you still believe people should be able to smoke in businesses such as bars? Then how about in restaurants, or schools. A piece of modern history for you; a few decades ago, some people had the crazy idealogical idea that we could prevent illness and allow our kids to grow up in cleaner environments by banning smoking indoors in public places. Do you know how many people protested these restrictions with selfish ignorant ideas and attitudes like: "I will NOT sacrifice my lifestyle for "the greater good."
Hey, if they don't have kids, why should they care about smoking in the face of yours? But I'm sure that you find these smoking regulations outlandish and protest against them.
You then spend the next 2 paragraphs explaining that services should be spoon fed to people in order to make them realistic. Where do you think the roofing and insulation technology that is now saving you money comes from?? Maybe from people who realized that were realistic (not idealistic) ideas and put some money into pet projects that are changing the world for lazy ass cheap people like you.
"If you really want recycling efforts, then you need to make it easy for people, convenient, and ideally provide some incentive to them doing so. Just like some states offer deposits with refunds for recycling cans/bottles, why not have a scale in the curb-side pickup of recycled materials, and give people a credit on their garbage bill."
So... not only are you not willing to pay for any environmental services, but you want the government cut your payments in addition to coming door to door to pick up you recycling. Considering your lack of idealism, I think your well thought out idea of having the garbage men weigh every person's recycling container, then calculating discounts for every household is brilliant. I am now guessing that you are an economist of some sort, because I'm sure that adding thousands of man hours would really lead to us all receiving huge discounts.
By "making it easy... and convenient", do you mean that they should do more than come pick up commingled containers and paper from your curb. Is it really difficult to separate these things out?
As you don't seem to know, the states that give deposits on cans and bottles, charge consumers the price of the deposit on the front end. Again, a practice you would clearly disagree with, because it might cost you a few more cents, and then you would actually have to put some effort into getting them back.
Your probably the person that complains daily about high gas prices that make owning you Suburban too costly. It is a lovely dream you have that one day someone in a hummer will come babysit for you (smoke some cigars while reading to the little ones) and take your kids to soccer practice on a field made of pavement and garbage because it was someone else's job to preserve the world.
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As said before, the fact that we have such a controlled environment does allow for most traits (new or old)to persist, and allows other changes to take place. It is not until our environment is stained, which it inevitably will be, that the benefits or disadvantages of different traits will show through.
If we lose control of this environment, some traits will cause groups to fail, other traits will allow groups to excel. Much of this depends on what type of change occurs in the living environment. This is common throughout history... Species develop, enter a comfort zone and proliferate. The genetic variance they gain during this "grace" period determines which groups survive during the stressful time periods.
The environment does not create changes within a species, it only affects which ones persist.
I am a fairly computer illiterate person who has always used Word and would agree with your first statement, but when it comes to writing even a very basic scientific paper, Word's dictionary is shockingly bad.
"I am NOT an environmentalist. I will NOT sacrifice my lifestyle for "the greater good." I am focused on my family first, idealism is a WAY distant second."
You say your a family man, and your kids are important to you, have you heard simple point that they will learn in 1st grade? It has something to do with preserving the world so our kids can enjoy it... Beyond the obvious things like California and most other coast lines in the world, I hope you don't mind that they will never see the Great Barrier Reef, or be able to visit primary rain forest. Have you ever heard of asthma? How about pneumonia or maybe something called cancer? Do you know why rates of these are always increasing, despite billions of dollars in medical research to prevent them? Wait, I'm sorry, you probably don't believe in medical research because it is a little too idealistic to actually try to cure disease. Plus, I'm sure your kids will never get sick, so it doesn't relate to you.
When it comes to smoking cigarettes, do you still believe people should be able to smoke in businesses such as bars? Then how about in restaurants, or schools. A piece of modern history for you; a few decades ago, some people had the crazy idealogical idea that we could prevent illness and allow our kids to grow up in cleaner environments by banning smoking indoors in public places. Do you know how many people protested these restrictions with selfish ignorant ideas and attitudes like: "I will NOT sacrifice my lifestyle for "the greater good."
Hey, if they don't have kids, why should they care about smoking in the face of yours? But I'm sure that you find these smoking regulations outlandish and protest against them.
You then spend the next 2 paragraphs explaining that services should be spoon fed to people in order to make them realistic. Where do you think the roofing and insulation technology that is now saving you money comes from?? Maybe from people who realized that were realistic (not idealistic) ideas and put some money into pet projects that are changing the world for lazy ass cheap people like you.
"If you really want recycling efforts, then you need to make it easy for people, convenient, and ideally provide some incentive to them doing so. Just like some states offer deposits with refunds for recycling cans/bottles, why not have a scale in the curb-side pickup of recycled materials, and give people a credit on their garbage bill."
So... not only are you not willing to pay for any environmental services, but you want the government cut your payments in addition to coming door to door to pick up you recycling. Considering your lack of idealism, I think your well thought out idea of having the garbage men weigh every person's recycling container, then calculating discounts for every household is brilliant. I am now guessing that you are an economist of some sort, because I'm sure that adding thousands of man hours would really lead to us all receiving huge discounts.
By "making it easy... and convenient", do you mean that they should do more than come pick up commingled containers and paper from your curb. Is it really difficult to separate these things out? As you don't seem to know, the states that give deposits on cans and bottles, charge consumers the price of the deposit on the front end. Again, a practice you would clearly disagree with, because it might cost you a few more cents, and then you would actually have to put some effort into getting them back.
Your probably the person that complains daily about high gas prices that make owning you Suburban too costly. It is a lovely dream you have that one day someone in a hummer will come babysit for you (smoke some cigars while reading to the little ones) and take your kids to soccer practice on a field made of pavement and garbage because it was someone else's job to preserve the world.