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by thaumasiotes 382 days ago
You said that living long enough to reproduce constituted Darwinian success. That idea is (1) extremely common, and (2) dead wrong.
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It's extremely tiring to have to write informal comments while couching them in all kinds of caveats and clarifications to make them iron-clad and beyond reproach by even the most persistent of nitpickers. It makes pleasant conversation impossible.

And for what? Instead of focusing on the question I actually asked, you decided to correct me on something tangential for meaningless internet cred.

Congrats, you won 1000 megacredits.

> Instead of focusing on the question I actually asked, you decided to correct me on something tangential for meaningless internet cred.

Instead? The response to that question heads my comment.