If you are a believer in evolution...???

Question

What would you say to the person that says we should not worry about air pollution because through natural selection, the human species will develop lungs that can detoxify pollutants?

Answer 1

Human breeding you mean? Nah, I'll pass. Some guy named Adolf tried that in the 40's.

Answer 2

Hey, looks like you have excited people on both sides of the river !

OK, racing against time is our biggest worry.

For the damage already done to our eco-system solely by human impact, we might even not be able to reverse it.

Toxic pollution will be one of less worrying items on our agenda within a generation or two.

Getting back to your question . . . Yes, we have evolved sufficiently to fast track our future evolution through genetic engineering.

. . . if and only if people all over the world stop industries that contribute to Global Warming, as well as environmental pollution. Ironically, most of these global industries are also arms suppliers and war mongers. So We have the potential to undo the damages and rebuild a better environment.

Answer 3

First of all, it is not sensible to speak of a "believer" in evolution, as if evolution were some kind of religion. Evolution is very clearly proven scientific fact, and cannot be refuted, even if there were a point in refuting it, or anything to be gained by arguing against evolution.

Second, the problem with adapting to environmental change of the type represented by increasing toxicity in the air, water, or soil is that it takes thousands or even millions of generations for an adaptive trait to develop and spread throughout a species, while increasing environmental toxicity is happening in the lifetime of two or three generations.

Answer 4

Boodie, you're an idiot. Evolution will NEVER be proven because PROOF IS NOT PART OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD. Learn your science somewhere other than church or Kansas.

I agree with the other guy - we will not likely adapt quickly enough to accomplish this feat. Some people will be naturally better at resisting toxins than others, but it's in our best interest as the human race to curb pollution.

Answer 5

evolution takes thousands of years for the smallest changes to occur. If the current pollution was something that started thousands of years ago and has slowly grown to today's level, then yes, evolution will allow it to have minimal hard. But the speed at which humans have changes the environment, is way too fast for evolution to keep up.

Answer 6

Evolution is one of the few theories that has so much evidence that scientists often call it the fact of evolution. It is like plate techtonics to geology, it is pretty much irrifutable. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I am sure enough of my evidence to say that.. Generally air pollution won't cause so much damage as to kill people, but who wants to breath dirty air.

Answer 7

Evolution takes a lot longer to happen than we do to pollute the environment. We cannot adapt that quickly.
And to those who don't believe in evolution...what do you believe in Santa Clause?

Answer 8

We can't evolve quickly enough. We can destroy the earth's environment within 3-4 generations (60-80 years). No complex animal can evolve fast enough to handle such radical change without a major die-off.

Answer 9

I would tell him (and you for that matter) that they have no understanding about what the Theory of Evolution states. Now go back to your church and keep condemning science.

Answer 10

No such thing as evolution. Has NEVER been proven. NEVER will.

Adaptation may be what you meant. I hope. The toxins are not all the same. They are always different. No way to "adapt" to something that is constantly changing.

I have 9 toes. Wonder why that is?