Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl...
by thatguy0900 on Thursday November 05, 2020 @12:16PM
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Does evolution in that manner really apply to humans anymore? I'm basically blind without glasses and I still get to have kids, probably would have died as a useless child in caveman days
Edit: I'm downvoted but I'm curious why. It seems to me that modern medicine has eliminated large parts of natural selection for humans. Is that not the case?
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Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl...
by andrewflnr on Thursday November 05, 2020 @11:07PM
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Presumably your mental abilities have compensated for your physical issues, thus increasing your fitness. That's valid evolutionary logic as well.
Re:750M genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Fl...
by mcjkrw on Friday November 06, 2020 @02:28PM
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I think it's about that the natural selection applies only to the current environment. We are not to be fit to live in caveman days, but in the modern society. If having a condition does not present an obstacle to navigate the world and mate, then it won't be selected against.