https://stacyhackner.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/that-margaret-mead-quote/
> On Oct 29, 2020, at 1:58 PM, Diana Tomchick > <diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote: > > > Except...broken bones are a good example of something that temporarily > weakens an individual but has no genetic link and wouldn't affect evolution > or the genes of offspring. > > I believe that most anthropologists correlate the signs of broken but healed > bones in human remains found in burials with a higher level of communal > living (i.e., a properly functioning society where people take care of the > less fortunate). > > If it weren't for society, we wouldn't have science and research, and we > wouldn't know anything about genetic diseases, evolution, and new methods to > repair genetic diseases (e.g., CRISPR). Science isn't all good or all bad, > it's how it's used by society that's important. > > Beware statements like "humans perpetuate weaknesses in their population > through science" lest people start thinking this sounds like eugenics. > > Diana > > > ************************************************** > Diana R. Tomchick > Professor > Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry > UT Southwestern Medical Center > 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. > Rm. ND10.214A > Dallas, TX 75390-8816 > diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu > (214) 645-6383 (phone) > (214) 645-6353 (fax) > From: swrcav...@googlegroups.com <swrcav...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of > DONALD G. DAVIS <dgda...@nyx.net> > Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2020 1:28 PM > To: Robert Wood <robwood...@gmail.com> > Cc: Steve Peerman <gypca...@comcast.net>; Lee Skinner <skin...@thuntek.net>; > SWR Cavers Group <swrcav...@googlegroups.com>; Cave Texas > <Texascavers@texascavers.com>; Debbie Buecher <dbuec...@comcast.net>; Diana > Eleanor Northup <dnort...@unm.edu>; Penelope Boston > <penelope.j.bos...@nasa.gov> > Subject: Re: [SWR CAVERS] For vampire bats, social distancing while sick > comes naturally > > EXTERNAL MAIL > > On Wed, 28 Oct 2020, Robert Wood wrote: > > > Yep. In healthy animal populations the sick are actually abandoned and left= > > to die as their genetic weakness, if perpetuated, weakens the entire popul= > > ation. This is how evolution or natural selection works. It is the law of n= > > ature. Humans perpetuate weaknesses in their population through science.=20 > > > > Rob > > That's the problem I've long seen with vaccination in general. In > the short term, it's a life-saver. In the long term, it negates natural > selection for genetic disease resistance. Which would we be wise to have? > > --Donald > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Southwestern Cavers of the National Speleological Society" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to swrcavers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/swrcavers/alpine.DEB.2.20.2010291223370.1198%40nyx2.nyx.net. > CAUTION: This email originated from outside UTSW. Please be cautious of links > or attachments, and validate the sender's email address before replying. > > UT Southwestern > > Medical Center > > The future of medicine, today. > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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