Darwin Loves...

...cell phones:

A man who fell 60 feet to his death off a cliff while using an electronic device on Christmas Day has been identified.

Bill Bender with San Diego Lifeguards at Sunset Cliffs said: "Witnesses stated seeing someone distracted by an electronic device and he just fell over the edge. He wasn't watching where he was walking, he was looking down at the device in his hands."

Even drunks have the sense to watch where they're walking. They may stagger, but at least they're paying attention.

Over the course of my life, I've had many opportunities to be near cliffs, often preparatory to descending or climbing said precipices. On every occasion, I was very sharply focused on the fact that I was on a cliff -- and therefore in imminent danger of falling -- and so devoted all of my attention to that fact. That is the proper reaction for any animal in a potentially life-threatening situation. Inattention in such situations is a sure indicator of an undesirable genetic trait.

He'd already spawned, however, so no Darwin award for him. Perhaps his offspring will be able to survive their disadvantage of poor DNA through observation and conscious effort: "Dad walked off a cliff. Don't be like Dad."


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