• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Remember: survival of the fittest is statistical, not individual. So the next time you hear someone with kids say something to that effect, reassure them that since they’re such “fit” specimens they do actually have a few percent higher chance for their kids to survive the illness compared to the “unfit”

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      Exactly. Not objectively good, not fitter, just fit enough to reproduce under the circumstances, whatever they might randomly be in any given place at any given time.