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.