That's a nice theory and it seems very likely to be true: that viruses have driven evolution, perhaps much faster than without them. But the cost for individua

That's a nice theory and it seems very likely to be true: that viruses have driven evolution, perhaps much faster than without them. But the cost for individuals is tremendous, 99.9999999% cases the infection would not be beneficial. Perhaps in a short while we can do much better ourselves, it certainly seems we humans want to transcend evolution and death.