Blog entry # 6 - Idiocracy
After watching the beginning of Idiocracy, it has crept its way near the top of my to-see movie list. The idea that natural selection may become meaningless and we could end up ‘devolving’ has actually come across my mind before. Science has enabled us to live through and with all sorts of ailments, and these genes can be passed on now. The movie plays on the idea that lower class society tends to have a greater number of children than the upper class, and this will result in a ‘trailer park’ society in the future. It is a scary thought, but I wouldn’t be suprised to see Gatorade fountains in the near future.
