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Oh. That's why Elon Musk have 11 kids.

• DangitBobby 3y ago
  It sounds like you are disputing the premise but at least at a glance it seems obviously true. Why do you think surviving previously unsurvivable ailments or living a normal life with what would have otherwise been a debilitating illness past reproductive age isn't partially nullifying natural selection? And is the billionaire with 11 kids the normal case or just maybe slightly cherry picked?
  • WaxProlix 3y ago
    Because circumstances have changed, selective pressures have changed, and an ability to grab the half gnawed finger bone from your fellow ape-creature is less valuable now than it once was. In a world where the disabled can write code or whatever, they have evolutionary value. I don't disagree with the premise btw of devolution a la Idiocracy, just think your specific argument falls flat.