by Kaharz » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:12 pm
Summerinx wrote:Eumesmopo wrote:When I stop to think that I could be the decendant of a blood-thirsty warlord who had thousands of children because he raped hundreds of slaves captured from conquered tribes, that actually makes me fell kinda of badass.
Precisely how I feel.
Also, the fact that my genes are only a tiny fraction of the ones that ever existed means that I've the tiny amount of genes that are badass enough to still exist.
Nothing wrong with natural selection.
You're genes are not badass enough to still exist, they are just not screwed up enough to have not been passed on. At least, when you remove random chance from the equation. There are still genes that cause a lot of seriously crippling mental and physical conditions that I doubt you would call badass. Many of them don't have a noticeable effect until after breeding age, so they continue to get passed on. Some have an effect sooner, but for whatever reason continue to get passed on.
[quote="Summerinx"][quote="Eumesmopo"]When I stop to think that I could be the decendant of a blood-thirsty warlord who had thousands of children because he raped hundreds of slaves captured from conquered tribes, that actually makes me fell kinda of badass. :twisted:[/quote]
Precisely how I feel.
Also, the fact that my genes are only a tiny fraction of the ones that ever existed means that I've the tiny amount of genes that are badass enough to still exist.
Nothing wrong with natural selection. :P[/quote]
You're genes are not badass enough to still exist, they are just not screwed up enough to have not been passed on. At least, when you remove random chance from the equation. There are still genes that cause a lot of seriously crippling mental and physical conditions that I doubt you would call badass. Many of them don't have a noticeable effect until after breeding age, so they continue to get passed on. Some have an effect sooner, but for whatever reason continue to get passed on.