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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by nradov on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @08:48PM (#26642320)
There's no free lunch. Every significant enhancement comes with a corresponding disadvantage. Otherwise millions of years of evolution would have produced something better already.

For example, partial genetic immunity to malaria carries an increased risk of syckle cell anemia. Most traits are like that to an extent.

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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by dwaltrip on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:30AM (#26643541)
Humans can imagine and create things that never had the appropriate conditions under which they could evolve. The possibility space has not been fully explored.
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Re:Toxic people could become a reality, scientists researchi... by msla on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:39PM (#26643264)
> There's no free lunch. Every significant enhancement comes with a corresponding disadvantage. Otherwise millions of years of evolution would have produced something better already.

And yet the nerve to my retina is still installed backwards.

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