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> Many of the things the human body was optimized for aren't really that important in the modern world. E.g. I'd take a body (or brain...) that was 10 times str
by ultimoo 9y ago
> Many of the things the human body was optimized for aren't really that important in the modern world. E.g. I'd take a body (or brain...) that was 10 times stronger but required ten times more energy. Energy is abundant now.
Energy is abundant only in certain areas of the world. As a species, many of us still face malnutrition.
- dm319 9y agoAlso, the situation of abundant food in certain parts of the world, has only been present very recently in evolutionary history - maybe 60 years / 200'000 years of homo sapiens. With the efficiency of food production threatened by climate change, this isn't something our genes will bet on.