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Evolution and adaptation doesn't have to be a conscious act. This isn't pokemon, it just happens.

I would struggle today and probably die an early death if I was dropped into Nepal as a newborn and raised in the shadow of the himalayas.
Why?
Because unlike the locals, my ancestors werent selectively bred specifically to survive. This wasn't a choice by anybody, it was just the reality that somebody with my traits is not fit to survive in that environment, and if Taleb can't see that? Well, pic unrelated

If anthropologists today are concerned about recent social phenomenon of rich smart people in society only marrying fellow rich smart people, and the dysgenic implications of a potential underclass of people sustained on government assistance whom lack viable skillsets in today's economy, why vilify Dawkins for noticing?

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