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I feel like this ascribes too much purpose to evolution. I don't know if I agree - for example, males might live longer even if it's not selected for, so long a
by komali2 2y ago
I feel like this ascribes too much purpose to evolution. I don't know if I agree - for example, males might live longer even if it's not selected for, so long as their existence doesn't exert negative pressure. And they might anyway so long as propagation continues either way!
- WalterBright 2y agoIt ascribes no purpose to evolution. It's simply that an organism that creates more copies of themselves will replace organisms that fail to do so.