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Re:Autism and Evolution by ricksplat on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @11:10AM (#12590168)
backward: these traits are a disadvantage to host organism. forward: they are an advantage, and thus survive.

Are they aligned with natural selection processes in the environment.

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Re:Autism and Evolution by empath75 on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @01:34PM (#12591383)
evolution doesn't care about organisms or species, only genes.
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Re:Autism and Evolution by ricksplat on Wednesday September 28, 2016 @09:20AM (#12597369)
I'm not sure why you're anthropomorphising evolution. It's a process, not even a thing. It's a consequence of interacting environmental conditions, and it doesn't "care" at all in any sense of the word. No more than point-charges "care" about electromagnetism.
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