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majani on Feb 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gattaca is still pertinent 25 years later

Many species have already slid to the bottom of that slope. The phenomenon is called Fisherian Runaway, and it's not pretty.

Tv9m on Feb 9, 2023 [–]

> and it's not pretty.

It feels somewhat ironic that when I looked up "Fisherian Runaway" the first thing I saw was an image of a peacock.

Evolution by "persistent, directional female choice" seems like exactly what our species needs to unfuck itself.

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