Yesterday's papers reported on a study on the future evolution of humanity which concluded that "within 100,000 years the divide between rich and poor could lead to two human subspecies". The Times further reported:
"Dr Curry, a research associate in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science of the London School of Economics, speculated that privileged humans might over tens of thousands of years evolve into a “gracile” subspecies, tall, thin, symmetrical, intelligent and creative. The rest would be shorter and stockier, with asymmetric features and lower intelligence, he said."
This assumes of course that capitalism and class society will be able to, or be allowed to, continue for 100,000 years (whereas capitalism has only been going for 500 years at most and class society only for some 10,000). Which shows just how unimaginative Dr Curry was. But then, he had been hired to come up with something sensational to advertise a television channel.
"Dr Curry, a research associate in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science of the London School of Economics, speculated that privileged humans might over tens of thousands of years evolve into a “gracile” subspecies, tall, thin, symmetrical, intelligent and creative. The rest would be shorter and stockier, with asymmetric features and lower intelligence, he said."
This assumes of course that capitalism and class society will be able to, or be allowed to, continue for 100,000 years (whereas capitalism has only been going for 500 years at most and class society only for some 10,000). Which shows just how unimaginative Dr Curry was. But then, he had been hired to come up with something sensational to advertise a television channel.
The working class of the future? As The Times commented: "Dr Curry's vision echoes that of H. G. Wells in The Time Machine. He envisaged a race of frail, privileged beings, the Eloi, living in a ruined city and coexisting uneasily with ape-like Morlocks (above) who toil underground and are descended from the downtrodden workers of today. "
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The BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/6057734.stm
was even more revealing.
It reported Dr Curry as claiming that "men will exhibit symmetrical facial features, look athletic, and have squarer jaws, deeper voices" - you know just like those comicbook, chicklit and 'B' movie heroes.
However the process of evolution will put an end to all that annoying spam.
Men, says Curry, will have "bigger penises".
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