Is mankind actually de-volving?

Question

With genetic disorders and diseases ever increasing---from 1400 to 12,000 in the 33 years from 1966 to 1999 and projected to increase further, are we doomed to extinction by the end of this century as some researchers have stated?
Quote "By 2031, it is estimated (R2 = 0.995) there will be 100,000 human genetic disorders and by 2096 1,000,000 (see Figure 3). “At least one clinical disorder has been related to 1,318 of the mapped loci (roughly 30%)” (McKusick, 1998, Vol. 1, xiii - xviii). That suggests genetic disorder saturation of each locus by 2031 and supersaturation by 2096. These data confirm human devolution and suggest imminent permanent genetic extinction in this century."
Source--http://www.csulb.edu/~jmastrop/data3.html
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Answer 1

After reading your question, the phrase I've heard often comes to mind, "paralysis by analysis". The first step in correcting any disfunction is becoming aware of it. Greater awareness of the problem is not considered de-volving in my opinion. Doing nothing to correct it after becoming aware is a bigger problem.

Answer 2

maybe cuz.....our population has risen, cultures have mixed...it's not rocket science, we are not-devolving especially because of this. We may be because we keep saving people from dieing, therefore not eliminating the weak genes from out gene pool. If we let people die naturally we would have stronger humans in the future.