>"From the perspective of natural selection, once you’re no longer able to reproduce, you might as well be dead." Both today's article and yesterdays said some

>"From the perspective of natural selection, once you’re no longer able to reproduce, you might as well be dead." Both today's article and yesterdays said something to this effect, which is blatantly wrong. A now-infertile parent affects the survivability of their offspring, possibly positively or negatively. Since their offspring share their genetics, the parent thus is still involved in the natural selection process.