• burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de
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      No, but I do see how literally every other species has some pretty harshly enforced, if you know what I mean, ways that ‘weak’ members of said species doesn’t pass on their genes.

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        Makes me think of hyenas. I need to learn more about them. Been obsessed with animals all my life and just learned they’re not canines, and their closest relatives are meerkats and weasels.

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          No, elon is all about some idiotic eugenics shit. I simply acknowledge that the majority of a species’ mutants lie dead and forgotten, their genes unrelayed down the genetic tree.

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          Sounds like you don’t know very much about ecology. Outliers are very often punished in nature.

    • lai, a supersonic warrior@piefed.social
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      i dont mind diversity much if it doesnt pull down the average talents of a species, which it (always?) does.

      diversity in cowmilk output (lol) in cows for a farmer isnt something desirable, atleast one area i know something about.

      please write an example, why you thought of the comment? thx :). im sincerely interested

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        diversity in cowmilk output (lol) in cows for a farmer isnt something desirable, atleast one area i know something about.

        Surely you’ve noticed that this only applies to a population that is being exploited as a resource and prioritizes a specific trait or traits that are desirable to the exploiter rather than traits that contribute to the organism’s well-being. That’s what eugenics is, and what you are advocating for. It is not better for humanity or even for the individual to eradicate autism, it is better for our exploiters.

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        Diversity in ant behavior directly benefits their “front line”. More scouts/backup depending on how timid or aggressive they are.