Natural Selection vs Human Intervention

Oliveros, Juliene Ana Dusha R. 2011-031128

3PSED2 July 11, 2013

“Evolution by natural selection is now replaced by evolution through human intervention.” Evolution has been one of the big topics on the science part of the world. Through years, there has been many debates on not the idea of evolution but by which process(es) it undergoes. There is the natural and artificial selections. I take I have enough knowledge to distinguish both sides of the argument and to take my stand which would be somewhere right in the middle, leaning more on the natural selection side. It is quite easy for me to choose between artificial and natural. Although I am aware that in this generation, we are exposed to such artificial choices which prove to be of much more convenience to the majority, I still believe that natural is always the best way. Natural is more real and original. In a much more abstract sense, natural provides more meaning. It is pretty much a fight between ‘what things can be but not necessarily should be’ and ‘what things are really in the first place’. On the talk of evolution, natural selection gives the same general sense and feeling. It’s basically how the cycle goes, without intentions and preferences. Human intervention, with the military sense included, has force. The choice is created, not given, to a man. Cloning has been disliked by so many simply because it is against the ideals of humanity. It is considered a shortcut or even cheating life. It is too easy therefore it gives fear and prejudice amongst the majority, especially the ones who do not know much about it. I am one of those people who once hated the idea of cloning or even any big artificial processes that play around human lives. But the more I learned about cloning, the more I understood its benefits. I’m not talking about the easy access, though. Surprisingly and quite ironically enough, cloning has its medical value(s). More importantly, it has given the opportunity to help endangered species. With that being said, the artificial selection proves to be not completely useless. I think that it is something to consider and not ignored. It is something that should be strictly regulated

and monitored. It is a third choice and should be handled with great awareness and caution. I think if people are given the chance not to take it, they shouldn’t. We all have preferences and everything in life now is very easy to obtain (with great price), but that shouldn’t be enough reason for us to just use this artificial selection all the time. In conclusion, I would still select the natural way to evolve. I think that people should all be aware of their choices, especially when it deals to such significant things like evolution. Natural selection is not completely satisfying but it is safe and it is how it’s meant to be. Artificial selection puts too much risk in a human’s life, no matter how convenient it may be. Even if it proves to be risk-free and safe, at a certain point it will be overused and will just recoil. That’s how most artificial things work anyway. They all are easy at first, but then end up blowing up on our faces, leaving us back to where we first started and sometimes even with more problems than we first started out with. Let’s keep the artificial selection regulated and use the knowledge more for awareness of how much we can achieve, but not just pin it on humanity and the cycle of life.