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by feintruled 2492 days ago
The woman who doesn't feel pain: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-477...

You'd imagine this would be basically a death sentence, but she's made it to old age. She also has a lack of adrenaline response, so is basically super chill. Hard to argue this is a beneficial mutation, but perhaps as technology evolves we could self-monitor artifically and not have to worry about these deeply unpleasant physiological warning bells?