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Maybe you and I are immune because the plague reduced the number of people who enjoy dancing in the gene pool?
by ReactiveJelly 3y ago
Maybe you and I are immune because the plague reduced the number of people who enjoy dancing in the gene pool?
- maskedinvader 3y agoAh survivor ship bias I think it’s called, that’s one explanation, but how does the original gene mutation work ? How did it survive for apparently so many generations ? Seems to be the kind of mutation that would have not survived if it literally caused you to dance till you die.
- carlmr 3y agoThe question is rather if there's sufficient evolutionary pressure to rule this out. It led to a handful of people dancing till they die, ok, but maybe only in a dense urban setting which wasn't an issue before. Maybe that gene conferred other benefits, like more stamina. Maybe it's like a lot of disease which don't seem to have benefits but still affect a much larger part of the population.