Idiocracy: Evolution Does Not Necessarily Reward Intelligence

Idiocracy: Evolution Does Not Necessarily Reward Intelligence

"As the 21st century began … Human evolution was at a turning point. Natural selection is 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."