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by wdewind 3099 days ago
> In fact, it conferred a resistance against malaria.

I think this is one of my main points: if such a large percentage of the population has something that we think of as a large negative, it's probably a good time to take a step back and wonder if we aren't understanding the whole picture because evolution tends to take care of such low hanging fruit.

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Evolution takes care of things that stop you from reproducing, not things that make you unhappy.