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Evolution is still happening. It's not weeding out what you call the weak and the stupid, but that's not its job - it only selects those who are best adapted to their environment, whatever that may be.

Some people are still having 8 kids, some are having 2, and some are having none. This is not randomly distributed across genotypes, so some are being selected.



Evolution [...] selects those who are best adapted to their environment

Are you sure it is not, instead, selective-pressure that does that? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=437043


If you want to be pedantic, yes, evolution includes drift, but it's not that important when you're dealing with large numbers like 6.7 billion.


yes, evolution includes drift

Who are you agreeing with? Drift was neither mentioned nor intended to be implied.

Evolution is not (and does not include):

  * Natural selection.
  * Artificial selection.
  * Selective pressure.
  * Drift.


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