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It's natural selection all the way up. Anything that's not in that "sweet spot" is naturally selected away and quickly extinguished (MERS, SARS, Ebola, etc). W

It's natural selection all the way up. Anything that's not in that "sweet spot" is naturally selected away and quickly extinguished (MERS, SARS, Ebola, etc). We're basically breeding a bioweapon. Not that there is any other choice though. Food for thought.

imglorp 7y ago
Or in this case, selectively breeding.
thomasz 7y ago
No, we're causing strong selection bias towards something like the common cold.