As
the 21st century began, human evolution was at a turning point. Natural
selection, the process by which the strongest, the smartest, the fastest,
reproduced in greater numbers than the rest, a process which had once favored
the noblest traits of man, now began to favor different traits. Most science
fiction of the day predicted a future that was more civilized and more
intelligent. But as time went on, things seemed to be heading in the opposite
direction. A dumbing down. How did this happen? Evolution does not necessarily
reward intelligence. With no natural predators to thin the herd, it began to
simply reward those who reproduced the most, and left the intelligent to become
an endangered species. (“Idiocracy”, 2006)
