HUMAN DESTINY AND EVOLUTION 



force society to adopt this method, despite of the social 

 and moral barriers which at the present would seem 

 nearly unsurmountable. The result of such a societal 

 reproductive system will again greatly increase the rate 

 of societal integration and must within a few genera- 

 tions after its general adoption completely transform 

 the nature of mankind. 



Perhaps a word of caution should be injected at this 

 point. This concerns any attempt to draw what might 

 be called socio-political conclusions from the physical 

 and biological data presented here. While it is certainly 

 true that the concept of the human societal organism 

 will eventually alter man's theory of society, every 

 effort must be made at present to avoid rationalizations 

 by means of which political doctrine is held to be in 

 accord with natural law. This is easily recognized when 

 the political views expressed are contrary to ones own. 

 However when the opinions expressed are in accord 

 with our own views, the nature of the rationalization is 

 less easily recognized. In either case, conclusions so 

 arrived at have the habit of becoming dogma which 

 channelizes scientific thought along lines which are 

 politically acceptable. This situation which so seriously 

 impeded the progress of human knowledge during the 

 middle ages, is again making its existence felt in many 

 parts of the world. We must be on guard against this 

 trend; if unchecked it could contribute toward taking 

 civilization back to the dark ages, made darker this 



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