@hbdchick ... "The term disease broadly refers to any condition that impairs the normal functioning of the body." -- Killing you counts.
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@Outsideness no. traits selected out via natural selection is not the same as an impairment of normal functioning of body.3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Outsideness the one thing is *fitness,* the other is an impairment.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Outsideness a penguin in a desert will not be fit. a penguin with diseased flippers has an impairment.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Outsideness no such term as, or concept of, pathological maladaptation. but, like i said, if it catches on, we can submit it to OED. (~_^)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@Outsideness Maladaptation = pathological adaptation, e.g., learning wrong lessons from experience, e.g., dogmatic universalism.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HobbesianM no. a mismatched trait is *not* a "pathological maladaptation." it is a mismatched trait.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick Not that universalism is a bad idea; being too dogmatic about it is, as in modern PC-ness. I don't think that was ever adaptive.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@HobbesianM well, i think it was, 2-3+ hundred years ago or so in nw europe. (not 1000 years ago. didn't exist yet then.)
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