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Comment author: mattnewport 05 August 2010 06:04:10PM 1 point [-]

If the next couple centuries of human evolution are anything like the last several dozen, the only way we'll be "improved" by evolution is the addition of a few more disease immunities.

You seem to be referring to the theory that no significant evolution has occurred in humans in recent history. This theory is increasingly disputed in light of the evidence.

Comment author: Oligopsony 06 August 2010 12:04:55AM 2 points [-]

Immunities are awfully significant! If you didn't have them you'd enjoy a swift death.

Either way, though, it's not the case that evolution would "continue" "improving" us, just that we'd be different in whatever way we'd be different. We're not more evolved at later points than earlier points; Azathoth doesn't care about that kind of directionality.