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I always think of it as the equivalent of inner city youth evolving to be bulletproof
by unsupp0rted 1y ago
I always think of it as the equivalent of inner city youth evolving to be bulletproof
- 542354234235 1y agoThis is such a good analogy. There are some things that bacteria can evolve to deal with, like training yourself to build up an immunity to iocane powder. There are some things they cant, like training yourself to be bulletproof.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoTrain yourself, no. Evolve it? Yes. But you'll need an awful lot of generations. Put a robot gun where everything has to come to drink--but it's an air rifle, calibrated to the point of maybe causing injury. Every year you raise the pressure by a tiny bit. The reason you can't evolve bulletproofness is that it's an overwhelming force. You get evolution when you subject your target to something that only gives a partial kill.