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Originally Posted by Antonio
the people who live in the most developed countries are the most intelligent, the healthiest, and carry the best genes ........ yet they have far less kids than the people who live in the least developed countries
so basically the planet is getting populated by human beings who are inferior, how come? isn't the evolution all about the survival of the fittest?
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We're not necessarily the most intelligent. We're the healthiest because we have access to the best health care and nutrition, not because of our genotype. Being born in a poverty stricken area does not make you 'inferior', whatever that means... People who live in poor or agricultural areas tend to have a lot of kids for the same reasons we had lots of kids in earlier eras, free labor and a better chance of security in our old age.
What you're asking about here is not evolution, it's natural selection. Natural selection is not 'survival of the fittest', it's 'survival of the MOST FIT.' The difference being that we're not talking about the biggest, strongest, fastest etc, we're talking about how well an organism is adapted to survive in it's environment, which can depend on many factors that aren't readily apparent.