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Comment I think the more important statement was: (Score 1) 857

"Another factor is the weakening of natural selection. "In ancient times half our children would have died by the age of 20. Now, in the Western world, 98 per cent of them are surviving to 21."

I think that we, as modern humans, have 'almost' completely (but justly) done away with Darwinian natural selection.

I don't think human evolution is done though. I think we are just stagnant right now. Perhaps the next phase will be, for the first time in all history, [we] the organism, will purposefully, consciously, dictate our own evolutionary future. Perhaps we are on the verge of the beginning of 'un-natural' selection.

Feed Engadget: Apple mulling 700MHz spectrum bid? (engadget.com)

Filed under: Wireless

This isn't exactly what we had in mind when we pined after an iPhone unshackled from AT&T's network, but hey, it could work. BusinessWeek is reporting that a couple of sources have relayed that Apple is contemplating a bid in next year's FCC auction for the coveted 700MHz band, spectrum being freed by the move from analog to digital television. The auction has generated a groundswell of interest from behemoth players (Google, anyone?) thanks to its nationwide availability and the fact that it provides sufficient bandwidth for high speed services; it's not a shock, then, that Apple would want a crack at it considering its cash reserves and its recent entry into the wireless game. It pretty much goes without saying that AT&T and Apple are frenemies at best, locked in a marriage of convenience -- Apple needed a network and AT&T needed a smash hit. If the company could go it alone down the road with an even faster network all its own blanketing the States, we imagine that'd put a smile on Steve's face. The open access requirement could be a sticking point for a company as proprietary as Apple, but hey, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it; they've gotta outbid Mountain View first.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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