Northman's Fury

And the average intelligence of the Republican Party takes another major hit.

Apparently H.G. Wells has been dead long enough that this guy can't be sued for plagiarism by his estate:

The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.

100,000 years into the future, sexual selection could mean that two distinct breeds of human will have developed.

The alarming prediction comes from evolutionary theorist Oliver Curry from the London School of Economics, who says that the human race will have reached its physical peak by the year 3000.

If this guy actually has a degree in evolutionary theory, I weep for the state of science education in the world today.

Of course, we have guys like Dr. Watson telling us we can already split the human race into different subsets, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised. On the other hand, it is important to note that the attractive rulers didn't actually fare too well down the line, unless you're of the opinion that an existence as free-range cattle is to be aspired to.

Bouncing around the blogosphere today, I ran into a truly fascinating site, Nodrog's Greatest Hits, by a recently banned commenter from littlegreenfootballs.com. The "Poster Formally Known as Gordon" has decided to provide a history of the site through his comment threads and flame wars as a commenter from April of 2003 until his banishment last month.

As someone who has occasionally dipped into the proto-fascist breeding pool that is the lgf commenting community, I am fascinated both by his posts, and the fact that someone with his apparently nuanced views regarding Islam and radical Islamists was able to survive for four years before being banned.

I look forward to reading more.