Natural selection doesn't "breed" for anything.

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Lee — 5/4/2008 5:06:33 PM (archived)

It's happenstance. There is no guiding hand or intelligence behind natural selection. That's why over 99% of all species to ever exist are now extinct. It's a pretty poor track record. We can do better.

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Derby's on - And the winner is... - Eri - 5/3/2008 9:18:14 PM
- Did I ever miss that one! - Eri - 5/3/2008 10:54:31 PM
  - I try to point things like this out - Yeti - 5/4/2008 5:41:44 AM
    - It's human competition that does it. - ER - 5/5/2008 1:58:00 PM
      - There's some of that in aerospace design, too. - TB - 5/6/2008 12:30:42 AM
        
        As for sailboat racing, - ER - 5/6/2008 1:33:09 AM
    - Genetics - TB - 5/4/2008 6:58:07 PM
    - Actually, natural selection is far more cruel. - Lee - 5/4/2008 5:00:35 PM
      - But nature does not say "hey! that's a great model! Let's turn out herds of those." - alcaray - 5/4/2008 6:05:50 PM
        
        And they serve us well. - Lee - 5/4/2008 6:37:04 PM
        
        Thought the topic was cruelty. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2008 12:22:50 AM
        
        Kindness causes cruelty as well. - Lee - 5/5/2008 1:09:11 AM
        
        You're in the pretending-I-didn't-say-what-I-said-while-seeing-how-many-ways-I-can-find-of-contradicting-what-I-said mode now. - alcaray - 5/5/2008 2:36:38 AM
    - I wonder if there's anything we can do about it? - Eri - 5/4/2008 2:52:02 PM
    - Bad news for Eugenicists - ER - 5/4/2008 2:18:37 PM
      - Natural selection doesn't "breed" for anything. - Lee - 5/4/2008 5:06:33 PM
      - And - Yeti - 5/4/2008 5:05:28 PM
      - Exactly right (n/t) - Eri - 5/4/2008 2:49:45 PM

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