Originally Posted by sigrabbit
Some good points are made, but I think it is more about genetic predisposition to intelligence and ambition that I would call genetically superior. Obviously, medicine takes care of the physically inferior thereby allowing some to procreate when they should not. I wonder if chemical imbalances that cause depression, apathy, etc pass on to offspring? I would have to say that they do. If that premise is true, then the qualities that fewer people pass on are intelligence and ambition to succeed. Quite honestly, I think that prolonging the life of people with genetic diseases that could pass to offspring is a horror.
My stance on this random subject is unique, because I consider myself a relatively successful person that came from a less than fortunate family. However, strictly from a theory of evolution, I cannot help but think that humans would evolve faster if those with genetic advantages had more children than those with lesser genetics.