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who_said_I_am_an_emu t1_j53qkvb wrote

Reply to comment by ramriot in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6

That isn't how it works. Natural selection is a filter limiting what is possible. It isn't like if people with bad eyesight are more likely to survive today compared to the past that all of us will have bad eyesight it is more like there is going to be people with bad eyesight not dying as much now.

Besides we have bad eyesight now because we are indoors all the time. But on the plus side lazy eye is becoming a thing of the past.

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ramriot t1_j53rjxp wrote

I think you just spend some time to prepare an answer where you contradicted yourself in the same paragraph

I on the other hand took only a few seconds to intimate a possibility humorously

Let's see what survival of the fittest says about that

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Rajvagli t1_j55ubet wrote

I would ask you to rewrite your 2nd sentence and try to have it make sense. Hard example to follow, doesn’t give me any insight into how NS works.

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