Modern medicine taking us nowhere

[ramonesfan]

Sure, it is used every day. I am hopped up on pills (2 for allergies, 1 for asthma, vitamin, and one for acne... but thats off topic). I just started thinking modern medicine has slowed down MAJORLY if not stopped evolution. While it saves lives, if you think about it in the long run, we are screwing ourselves over with it.

If someone gets a mutation in their DNA, and it is good, according to evolution, it will be passed on to later generations. I am not saying this won't happen, but rather it will not show as much effect because unlike wild animals, we don't breed within one area or with our families. So as this person passes on this new mutation, his/her offspring will have kids with someone who does not have this mutation. This will keep happening until the mutation pretty much goes away.

The reason this mutation would eventually go away is because people who would usually be dead before they made it to age 5 are living healthy because of modern medicine. Thus putting evolution at a standstill.

I will probably edit this post later... as I was writing it, my mind stopped. Please don't read this as me saying I want people to die or anything like that, because I am one of those who wouldn't have made it very far

And please don't start flaming me because this may be old, or you don't agree with evolution.

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