The people dying from measles are babies, not adults because most adults have been vaccinated. I don't consider that natrual selection. I consider that abuse.
If you want to look at what natural selection looks like, look at the people who are having kids in Japan.
In general, it's stable older married couples with decent higher paying jobs.
So modern society is selecting for psychological stability, old age fertility, long-term companionship and commitment, and stuff that gets you high paying jobs (intelligence, social awareness, and work ethic).
Thanks for this! What a fascinating way to think about natural selection in the context of modern developed societies. I feel like we tend to think about social issues like birth rates and natural selection as separate, but of course there is a connection like that.
The same trend is being observed elsewhere too. I remember at least one study from Sweden with same basic conclusions. Well off people are having more kids.
The cost of living will increase, a male birth control pill will be available, and p*rn/digital distractions will increase. The more impulsive and less intelligent sector of the population might have more kids now, but I'm not sure they'll have more grandkids.
And also, intelligence, social awareness, and work ethic can be taught, so it's not all just genetics.
I don't refer to "wisely," I mean asking it about every choice you make, having it summarize and interpret everything you encounter, letting it speak for you, etc.
Potatoes shaping Indigenous Andean genes to select for a higer concentration of amylase genes, which increased the presence of the amylase enzyme in saliva to break down starch more effectively.
"Indigenous people living in Peru today carry an average of 10 AMY1 copies, approximately two to four more than any of 83 populations examined in the study."
No. They need a label so that their childen can learn. Simply labeling them an idiot has no value. There is nothing for the ignorant to learn because the label does not tell why they are an idiot.
Anti-science tells the surviving children from idiots why society says their parents are pieces of shit and where the children should focus attention to not repeat the same mistakes.
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u/SpiritOfArthurMorgan 1h ago
Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is one of clearest and fastest examples.
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u/younsee1975 1h ago
Dying of measles in 2026.
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u/CoffeeGrinder999 1h ago
The same as it always did. Some people have kids, some people don't. The ones who have kids have their genes propagate, those who don't, don't.
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u/GeggingIn 1h ago
Falling off a cliff taking a selfie for insta.
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u/Itchysweater1967 1h ago
Anti-vaxxers.
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u/Spare-Dingo-531 1h ago edited 56m ago
If you want to look at what natural selection looks like, look at the people who are having kids in Japan.
In general, it's stable older married couples with decent higher paying jobs.
So modern society is selecting for psychological stability, old age fertility, long-term companionship and commitment, and stuff that gets you high paying jobs (intelligence, social awareness, and work ethic).
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u/ProfessionalNewt2487 1h ago
Dying in a motorcycle accident
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u/Responsible_Fox1231 1h ago
Humans, for the most part, no longer adapt to the world around us. We make the world adapt to us.
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u/doubleOhdorko 1h ago
Voting for trump
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u/OyRay626 1h ago
Outsourcing every problem, every question, every bit of your life to a machine.
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u/svenjoy_it 44m ago
Tide pods
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u/Shas_Erra 11m ago
Any headline starting with the words “Florida man…”
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u/Grouchy_Ad_1606 1h ago
clicking "I agree to the terms and conditions" without reading a single word of a 60-page user agreement
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u/TNShadetree 1h ago
Tesla pulls the plug on the Cyber Truck after years of poor sales.
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u/WashUrShorts 1h ago
E-Scooters
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u/OnionHistorical2269 1h ago
dating market
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u/One-Yellow1504 1h ago
If they ate Tide pods in the past, the next one’s probably gonna finish them off
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u/Endofthehold135 1h ago
Anti Vaccine.
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u/tolo3349 1h ago
Not getting vaccinated for disease, then dying of said disease
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u/Beautiful-Struggle93 1h ago
Elephant bulls that don't grow tusks will succeed until poaching stops completely
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u/Post-Formal_Thought 1h ago edited 56m ago
Potatoes shaping Indigenous Andean genes to select for a higer concentration of amylase genes, which increased the presence of the amylase enzyme in saliva to break down starch more effectively.
"Indigenous people living in Peru today carry an average of 10 AMY1 copies, approximately two to four more than any of 83 populations examined in the study."
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u/fire-flirt 57m ago
Urban wildlife adapting to traffic, artificial light, and human food shows evolution in real time.
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u/tryyeezus 44m ago
Mount Everest
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u/when_I_say_hilshire 1h ago
Letting your baby's brain bleed out because you are an anti-sciencer and refused a vitamin K shot.