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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6221559" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I would see this as change for the better. Evolution is neutral, so it doesn't really care. What killed people before they had children two hundred years ago, doesn't now because of advances in medicine (though antibiotics are becoming less effective so some of that could change). Two hundred years ago the qualities needed for survival are different than those needed today. But our ability to improve things for our species and enable people to survive who otherwise would have died in the past is, from our vantage point, a good thing. Two hundred years ago, I would be dead because I have crohns and have had several abcesses that would have killed me without antibiotics and complex surgery. Two hundred years ago, many of you would be dead because of childhood illness or foodborne infections. If you read much history its always striking how many kings, emperors and other very powerful people did from what today would be a relatively minor infection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6221559, member: 85555"] I would see this as change for the better. Evolution is neutral, so it doesn't really care. What killed people before they had children two hundred years ago, doesn't now because of advances in medicine (though antibiotics are becoming less effective so some of that could change). Two hundred years ago the qualities needed for survival are different than those needed today. But our ability to improve things for our species and enable people to survive who otherwise would have died in the past is, from our vantage point, a good thing. Two hundred years ago, I would be dead because I have crohns and have had several abcesses that would have killed me without antibiotics and complex surgery. Two hundred years ago, many of you would be dead because of childhood illness or foodborne infections. If you read much history its always striking how many kings, emperors and other very powerful people did from what today would be a relatively minor infection. [/QUOTE]
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