Natural Selection

Commenters apply concepts of natural selection and evolution to interpret a scenario, often suggesting that unfit traits or behaviors are being weeded out in real-time, with analogies extending to technology and society.

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natural selection selection natural evolution survival mutation fitness genetic artificial adaptation

Sample Comments

StrawberryFrog • Oct 26, 2009 • View on HN

You cannot stop evolution, you can only change the fitness criteria.

Dude2018 • Jul 29, 2017 • View on HN

It's part of new natural selection I guess.

alephnan • Feb 29, 2024 • View on HN

Sounds like natural selection. The ones that had that intuition survived, and the ones that didn’t were removed from the gene pool.

ecmascript • Feb 24, 2020 • View on HN

Natural selection strikes again.

EdwardDiego • Dec 24, 2019 • View on HN

Natural selection wins, it would seem.

rbanffy • Sep 30, 2022 • View on HN

Remember evolution is based on the survival of the fittest. Not necessarily of the smartest.

geek_slop • Jul 8, 2020 • View on HN

Ha, maybe natural selection is taking place before our very eyes.

someweirdperson • May 23, 2023 • View on HN

That's just part of the natural selection process.

_throwawayaway • Mar 25, 2023 • View on HN

Evolution might play some role.

overcast • May 10, 2018 • View on HN

This sounds like a good example of natural selection.