Natural Selection/Evolution

Has evolution slowed to a crawl/ceased to continue? Over the millions of years of our human existence, there has been one constant - Natural selection. If Mother Nature 'thought' someone should die, they usually did, whether it was from an earthquake, fire etc. However, in modern society, we have the urge to help those in pain/danger. Whilst this may make us humans, it's slowly and surely making our gene pool thicker as a whole - there's no such thing as survival of the fittest anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for ambulances, life saving surgeries and helping those less fortunate, and whilst this may make us feel good about ourselves, it's slowly increasing our chances of killing off the human species. You're now thinking to yourself, how on earth did he get to that? Simple.

Through natural selection, Mother Nature has always managed to ensure the strongest survive, giving the Human Species the best chance for survival, growth and evolution. If there is no natural selection, the weaker parts of the human race were killed, instead now they're allowed to procreate. Over a matter of years, the earth will become over-populated with us, and with the research constantly going on, many of the terminal diseases that keep our race in check will also be eradicated.

This simply means that due to the sheer volume of us, we'll die, starvation, dehydration etc, unless of course, the human race has conquered space exploration by then. However, on the flip side, the lack of food, water and space will possibly bring about the survival of the fittest rule, and maybe that's the 'grand plan' if you believe in all that jazz...

Either way, as a species, we're becoming dumber, and whilst it's not a bad thing, it's because of our caring human nature... Whatever happens, neither you, nor I will be around to see the potential downfall/making of the human race.

I could be talking out of my arse, none of this could happen, and we'll all evolve into some sort of super human... That'd be cool.