Methinks you're mixing unrelated elements in inappropriate ways to come up
with invalid speculations.  Evolution is about gentic mutation and natural
selection - if you want to add a "modern" element, don't try adding an
electronic means for communications, because in and of itself, there's no
mix and evolution will not be affected, AFAICS.  Even if there's a mix I'm
missing, I'd guess evolution is too profound a force to be sidetracked much
by a human communication mode.

If you wanted/needed to add something "modern", try global population
movement and fewer isolated populations which will likely effect evolution
in some real way.  But in any event, this (arguabley) has squat to do with
the world being "doomed".  Evolution will continue, and I would guess,
accelerate, amoung non-human species due to changes we are making to the
physical environment, such as pollution, genetically-engineered/altered
life-forms, etc, etc.  And if "doom" is involved, I suspect it'll
be because
of what we've been doing in the past century or more, and not at all because
of evolution "halting".  Also, the internet won't spread disease, and any
"control" we may have on "our own path" (a potentially
scary thought in
itself) will be affected by the internet in the same way books will affect
it - by the sharing of ideas and information.   My $.02.  Regards, Brett.

"Justin Mainville"  wrote:
> What is this new world we are seeing? with all these people
> connected form country to country as if we are next door
> neighbors...  it is a world that is soon to be doomed because
> of our creation, the internet...  it is proven that bacteria evolve
> faster in smaller groups and it has been seen the same in insects
> and small animals alike, doesn't this mean that connecting the
> world into one big group will end evolution? or hault it?  spread
> diseases faster, on bad one could wipe us all out, instead of just
> a group, the flip side is maybe we are at a point where evolution
> has been put into our own hands, and now we are to control our
> own path by evolving machanically and biologically through
> science... do you agree? or is the world doomed? what will happen.
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