I happen to read a “statistical study” (Ok, it was an article but statistical study makes it more scientificJ) recently, which says that human beings will split into two species in the near future! (They mean in another 10 million years or so!).

They say people with high IQ’s tend to group themselves together while the dumber genes flock among themselves. (They should really watch some Hindi movies for some reality updateJ). And the fact that these small communities of high IQ people hardly reproduce (they rather put their head in books). Thus the new generation will bloom from the lower IQ sections of the world like the third world countries like India, China, Africa etc.

We could physically see this phenomenon for ourselves, the population growth in Australia, New Zealand, America, Canada and most Nordic countries are either flat or negative. And they depend on the immigrant population to sustain their economies and will be heavily dependent on them in the future. Thus the conclusion was that there are going to be two different species from the Homo sapiens: The small elite super brained species and the larger primitive ape like working class species!!

Well I a not a very intellectual or a scientific person to accept or reject this theory, but since I have the freedom to express an opinion, I would say that this theory is bull!!

Why?? As per my understanding of history, the Sinic (Chinese) and the Indus (predominantly Indian mixed with some Arab and Persian influences) civilizations were the most advanced civilizations but their descendents were slaves to the western civilizations, even though they inherited such great genes!!!

I also think that most life defining inventions were also from these “third world countries” – Tea, Numerals, Gun Powder, Paper, Silk, Zero, Planetary alignment (about 400 years before Galileo figured it out), Language!!!  And yet it was all harnessed by a race that didn’t have the superior genes.

And if you really look at it smarter genes does not necessarily evolve into super human genes. I have personally not heard of many descendents of a certain family line being super genius except for maybe Darwin, Martin Luther King, Enrique Iglesias, and George BushJ. But where have the sons or fathers or mothers or daughters of the other greats??? Whatever happened to family line of Leonardo, Julius Ceaser, Einstein, Marc Antony, Cleopatra, Beethoven, Dhirubahai J ?? They should have been superhuman in our times, Most of us don’t even know if they had progeny or not. And the parents of most of the greats have been from normal middle class to poor people without great education or by my guess, super human genes!

I believe experiences make a man smart and circumstances brings out the greatness in people. As long as there is an opportunity where these situations are created – there will be super human people.

Whether this two species theory comes true or not – we have to wait another 10,000 years but all I know is that any one with the resolve, will and determination will catapult himself to greatness no matter what genes he wears!! J