Here's why:
People are not evolutionarily programmed, by and large, to curb their own reproduction, hence won't do so. We aren't different from bacteria in a petri dish in that sense. We will "grow" as long as there are energy gradients (currently represented almost entirely by fossil fuels) to be broken down to our advantage.
Life has a ratcheting function: he who consumes energy today gets to move to the next level (procreate); he who renounces energy consumption and/or procreation is more likely to end up as an evolutionary dead end.
Review the Maximum Power (or EmPower, or Entropy
Production) Principle of evolutionary system dynamics (Salthe, Odum, etc.).
Darwinism is in no way "outworn". Langan's is not a scientific assessment, but an ideological and emotional assessment.
Evolutionary "merit" lies in who makes it to the next level (of procreation). Depending on the environmental context, that could be Bill Gates' kids in a multi-million$ bunker, or some 75-IQer who is willing to machete and eat the neighbor kids.
Evolution is what spaghetti sticks after it's been thrown at the wall.
Not a genius.
Here's why: People are not evolutionarily programmed, by and large, to curb their own reproduction, hence won't do so. We aren't different from bacteria in a petri dish in that sense. We will "grow" as long as there are energy gradients (currently represented almost entirely by fossil fuels) to be broken down to our advantage.
Life has a ratcheting function: he who consumes energy today gets to move to the next level (procreate); he who renounces energy consumption and/or procreation is more likely to end up as an evolutionary dead end.
Review the Maximum Power (or EmPower, or Entropy Production) Principle of evolutionary system dynamics (Salthe, Odum, etc.).
Darwinism is in no way "outworn". Langan's is not a scientific assessment, but an ideological and emotional assessment.
Evolutionary "merit" lies in who makes it to the next level (of procreation). Depending on the environmental context, that could be Bill Gates' kids in a multi-million$ bunker, or some 75-IQer who is willing to machete and eat the neighbor kids.
Evolution is what spaghetti sticks after it's been thrown at the wall.
The jury is always out.