JJ Sinclair wrote:
Ever ask yourself, why doesn't our safety record improve? We seem to have the
same type and about the same number of accidents every year. Lets take the
*controls not hooked up*, its about time for another one of those.

People seem to think evolution is always forward, but in fact our
noggins are major consumers of energy, sources of heat loss, etc., and
the moment they lose their ability to offer an evolutionary advantage,
they'll evolve away.

In short, nature is perfectly capable of, and will in fact tend towards,
building a better idiot.