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>Exchanging a risk for cancer for a risk of schizophrenia is not a win-win situation But it can be though. Consider a population that works with carcinogens lik
by ekaryotic 1y ago
>Exchanging a risk for cancer for a risk of schizophrenia is not a win-win situation
But it can be though. Consider a population that works with carcinogens like coal. due to capitalist class structures, they cannot leave their occupation, so a gene that would increase their survivability would be a great help.
- dustbunny 1y agoSchizophrenia is far more likely to prevent you from reproducing than cancer, because schizophrenia hits way earlier.
- FollowingTheDao 1y agoYes, this is what I was going to comment, and adding that it was funny they used a coal miner as an example since my family side that has the mood disorders were all coal miners in central PA.