Ermintruder
The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all...
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Apologies for the somewhat-blunt opening approach for this thread, and its current placement. Maybe it needs to be repolished and placed elsewhere. But I believe this is a valid discussion.
(I need to regenerate my sources, otherwise this may be too much anecdotal anthropology and half-remembered popsci evolutionary biology: but here goes....)
Humanity is a very-special case of primate development. Exactly how we got to nearly where we are now is somewhere between arguable fact and semi-informed opinion.
I say "got to nearly" because I feel, strongly (and hopefully wrongly) that within the generations that have been conceived after the main world wars of 20th century, human beings in the extended 'western' world are becoming ever-more:
This rambling hypothesis is particularly predicated upon the postulation that beautiful people tend to mate with reasonably-pretty peers, and they then (unsurprisingly) produce ever-prettier babies, rinse & repeat: to which a valid response might be "yes- everyone subconsciously knows this to be approximately true: what is your point?"
I am trying to conclude whether the neotony-centric feminised apes that we, biologically, can be thought of being, are utterly-doomed (especially in the developed 'west').
We all just get generationally prettier and prettier (jawlines/skull-shapes/cheek-bones)....any comparison of photographs of groups over the 20thC/early 21stC show this to be fairly-correct as a generalisation, albeit subjectively (and it's not just a function of better dentistry)
We're becoming just a sprawling tribe of tall, selfish, underapplied, incapable babies, with big overstimulated brains, untidy bedrooms and expensive toys.
So: what happens now? And what happens next (say by 2120). I'm looking to identify what the actionable corollary emerging from this, is.
Or tell me I'm wrong. Deluded by impression, not substance. Deceived by confirmation bias and pessimism. Please.
(I need to regenerate my sources, otherwise this may be too much anecdotal anthropology and half-remembered popsci evolutionary biology: but here goes....)
Humanity is a very-special case of primate development. Exactly how we got to nearly where we are now is somewhere between arguable fact and semi-informed opinion.
I say "got to nearly" because I feel, strongly (and hopefully wrongly) that within the generations that have been conceived after the main world wars of 20th century, human beings in the extended 'western' world are becoming ever-more:
- Superficially-pretty (especially facially)
- Extended childhoods (Peter Pan syndrome)
- Narcissistic (extended cryptosexualities)
- Physically weak (averse to all forms of paid physical work, yet willing to pay for physical exercise)
- Mentally unstable (and unwilling/unable to concentrate)
- Infinitely self-centred
- Over-nourished (cf fat & hyperglycemic)
- Thrill-seeking (but not real sacrifice)
- Risk-averse (sanctity of self)
- Unwilling (or unable through reduced fertility / cryptosexualities) to mate
- Tall (as a function of hyper-nutrition & hybrid vigor)
This rambling hypothesis is particularly predicated upon the postulation that beautiful people tend to mate with reasonably-pretty peers, and they then (unsurprisingly) produce ever-prettier babies, rinse & repeat: to which a valid response might be "yes- everyone subconsciously knows this to be approximately true: what is your point?"
I am trying to conclude whether the neotony-centric feminised apes that we, biologically, can be thought of being, are utterly-doomed (especially in the developed 'west').
We all just get generationally prettier and prettier (jawlines/skull-shapes/cheek-bones)....any comparison of photographs of groups over the 20thC/early 21stC show this to be fairly-correct as a generalisation, albeit subjectively (and it's not just a function of better dentistry)
We're becoming just a sprawling tribe of tall, selfish, underapplied, incapable babies, with big overstimulated brains, untidy bedrooms and expensive toys.
So: what happens now? And what happens next (say by 2120). I'm looking to identify what the actionable corollary emerging from this, is.
Or tell me I'm wrong. Deluded by impression, not substance. Deceived by confirmation bias and pessimism. Please.
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