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so those infected survivors got much closer than the healthy ones and yet survived. Sounds like a [harsh] filter for the high survivability traits which may be

by trhway 5y ago

so those infected survivors got much closer than the healthy ones and yet survived. Sounds like a [harsh] filter for the high survivability traits which may be beneficial for the population, and that may explain why the [susceptibility to the] infection hasn't been selected out.

Retric 5y ago
Possibly, but luck isn’t an inheritable trait.
- sitkack 5y ago
  It is in humans.
  - rfreytag 5y ago
    ... according to Larry Niven.
    - sitkack 5y ago
      And Rockefeller, Cargil, Rothschild ...
      - eru 5y ago
        What makes you think there was inherited luck involved? People make their own 'luck'.
        sitkack 5y ago
        Luck and Inherited Luck are different things.
        eru 5y ago
        Yes.
eru 5y ago
> [...] which may be beneficial for the population, [...] Do keep in mind that evolution mostly works on the level of genes, and perhaps individuals. It doesn't really work on the level of the population. See eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_selection