Thread: Biological evolution is irrelevant to humans.
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Old 11-07-2007, 08:27 AM
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Default Re: Biological evolution is irrelevant to humans.
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selection operates not by the survival of the most fit

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I agree in general (though I'm not a transhumanist), but I'm going to pick this nit. Selection always works by survival of the most fit, based on the definitions of "survival" and "fitness." This is true even of "technological evolution" and genetic engineering.
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