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1. card_zero · 1790271088 · focus · HN ↗

   > Evolution decided the good outweighed the bad, and I expect that evolution was right.

   We can expect evolution to do the right thing for the genes. Not for us.

   1. cortesoft · 1790274066 · focus · HN ↗

      I get its just a framework to understand what is happening, but I always hate the phrasing of describing a 'decision' to a process like evolution. There are no decisions being made in the process, just a series of outcomes that lead in a direction

      1. card_zero · 1790277479 · focus · HN ↗

         Oh, fair point, I did the pathetic fallacy (too). Beneficial thing, then.

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