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That's not natural selection, that's artificial selection. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_breeding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_breeding

• cryptica 6y ago
  Your counter-argument is about semantics. Logically, it only reinforces my argument. Unless you're suggesting that global warming is natural and not caused by humans... If you agree that 'artificial selection' can work quickly (as scientific evidence suggests) and you believe that humans are the main driver of climate change (as is the consensus among climate scientists). Then my proposition that evolution can work very fast in the context of global warming (being an 'artificial', human-driven process) is a logical conclusion. QED.
  • Jabbles 6y ago
    Wow what a watertight argument. The key is the word "can" - which you interpret to mean "extremely likely", and I interpret to mean "extremely unlikely". Other than that, we agree.
    • cryptica 6y ago
      At a global scale, even things that are extremely unlikely tend to occur. Because there is so much going on in parallel, it's like the lottery; it's extremely unlikely to win the lottery but play it 1 million times a minute and it becomes very likely.