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literally shaped by technology
Did Darwin not propose that unfavoured genenotypes die off over the course of generations?
And is that not in response to environmental factors that put strain on those with the unfavoured genotype?
And is what you're proposing that technology plays a role in selecting out unfavoured genotype?
So can both theories be true at the same time? That the environment slelects genotypes, as well as technology?
Or might it be better to say that technology changes the environment, to which our species respond, in turn, selecting out unfavoured genotypes indirectly?
In either case, the quote you took from my piece was wrong to say "never"--true. But you misrepresented what I said. The qualifier, "meaningfully," wasn't a mistake. Meaningful changes, and not the incremental ones, such as those Darwin observed, are very rare in history. If I haven't represented this accurately already, then I may have sacraficed clarity for flare, and that would be my fault.
I don't think he is, or I am being disingenuous, too. I def raised my eyebrows when I read this:
I would go so far as to say that humans are literally shaped by technology. We're defenseless against nature without it. Put a naked human somewhere far from civilization with no tools, and I'm sure he'll quickly die of exposure.