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Originally Posted by sapiens
That and evolution by natural selection is a very slow process generally. I don't see how it would be possible to judge "bad genes" within a single generation (Or even across 5 or 10 generations).
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Well, yes, it was mostly meant to be tongue in cheek. It was a reference to the fact that had I been born 100 earlier I probably wouldnt've made it to the age of 20.
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Originally Posted by sapiens
I'm not sure that I understand the relevance either. If you're talking about group selection, most biologists would argue that it is a very weak force compared to genic selection. Natural selection does not appear to have designed organisms that reproduce for the "good of the species".
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This may be debatable. I would contend that eusocial organisms are ones that fail to reproduce for the good of the species. Perhaps not completely in line with what you said, but in the same vein certainly.
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Last edited by Martian; 06-25-2008 at 09:16 PM..
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