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On the other hand, genetic malfunctions: A) Can lead to interesting discoveries B) Can have paradoxical effects - e.g. muscle degeneration in our ancestors le
by Ygg2 11y ago
On the other hand, genetic malfunctions:
A) Can lead to interesting discoveries
B) Can have paradoxical effects - e.g. muscle degeneration in our ancestors lead to our weaker bit and consequently bigger brains, since skull could expand more because the muscles were weaker.
http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040322/full/news040322-9.html http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040322/full/news040322-9.htm...
Imagine if you don't want your child to have ADHD, and you screen for it. But it turns out that people with ADHD hold a mutation to even higher IQ.
- caskance 11y agoThen we will either tolerate the associated defect or find a way to achieve the benefit without it.
- guard-of-terra 11y agoYou're talking about human evolution. Human evolution won't work if we have almost zero child mortality and roughly two children per women. All we can do in this configuration is damage control. UPD: This configuration is also prone to splitting humanity into several casts just by biased marriage practices.