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Humans didn't invent agriculture (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I suspect the serious answer is that we produce mucus and sneezing as a natural response to microbes, and that's the environment within which microbes have evolved to take advantage of the mucus and sneezing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Survival of the fittest does not work with intent.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It does if I kill loads of stuff

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Pretty sure this is exactly correct. I read the Kurzgesagt book Immune recently and it was a fascinating view into how our bodies are really the result of ancient warfare, with constant oneupmanship between us and the environment.