Re: Point to Ponder
the reason the population is declining in some countries isn't based on the survival of the fittest. it's got to do with not making babies. people are too worked up over having careers and making money. but there is plenty of population around the world to counteract the decline. the poorer countries make babies. that's why some of the eastern countries are overflowing with people. the only way that isn't going to happen is if some meteor hits the planet and wipes out the population significantly, all around the world. anyone's who has studied the basic laws of evolution knows that part of surviving is intelligence. you can have all the claws and thorns and horns, but if you're not smart enough to use it, you don't stand a chance. even in a natural disaster, if the one that survives is able to use its intelligence will survive, even if it doesn't have a lot of tools. at the same time, every organic entity in the history of the world has had its day. amphibians, reptiles, insects, birds and now mammals but most importantly humans. but...it's been the organic creatures. that's how the world works. rocks and metals are for our usage, but not for taking over us organics.