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		stevezsa8 on July 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A biological camera that captures and stores image... I guess it's possible if this conferred some survival advantage. It can be useful to work from the evidence to a conclusion instead of the other way round. But wondering and philosophising can be fun :] It would be cool if humans could pass knowledge via their offspring. But I always get worried thinking if I'm the asshole, I wouldn't want my kid to be one too.

anigbrowl on July 10, 2023 | [–]

I always get worried thinking if I'm the asshole, I wouldn't want my kid to be one too.

If you were, you would.

yieldcrv on July 10, 2023 | [–]

Just has to not be a disadvantage.

Plenty of mutations have no purpose whatsoever and were unrelated to survival or manifest after reproduction so are not selected for or against.

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