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by tsdlts 1897 days ago
Nearly half of our genome is thought to have had a viral origin. It's a bit of a simplification to say that we "don't need to experience" any illness. We would not be what we are today without it.
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We do not need to experience a comet strike, although it is a significant component of what made us what we are today.
Natural selection relies on large swathes of prior human populations dying without having offspring. That doesn't mean that going forward this continuing to happen is desirable.