Wandering Adventure Party

That’s exactly why the oligarchs want to shut it down. If ordinary people thrive, they will be less easy to control and farm for wealth. They want us desperate until we’re dead. Value should flow from us, not to us.

Results Amongst the 465 included participants, mosquitoes showed a clear fondness for those who drank beer over those who abstained from the liquid gold (Fold Change 1.35, 95% CI 1.12–1.63, PFDR<0.001). Attraction was also contagious: participants that successfully lured a fellow human into their tent the previous night also proved more enticing to mosquitoes (FC 1.34, 95% CI 1.14–1.58, PFDR=0.002). Meanwhile, skipping the morning showering routine and using sunscreen reduced mosquito attraction (FC 0.52, 95% 0.38-0.70, PFDR<0.001). Streptococci were more abundant on the skin of highly attractive individuals (Puncorrected=0.017), and the overall abundance of malodour associated bacteria was high – possibly reflecting the container’s smell.

Reading that paragraph makes me feel like I’m actually there in the mud at Glastonbury.

it’s selective extinction based on…

As long as whatever trait it’s based on is heritable, that’s evolution.

Is this how we get the first computer virus that can jump species into humans? Imagine humanity being taken down because some kid’s college essay, when DNA-encoded, happened to be deadly. That’s how you put the plague in plagiarism.

I don’t understand your last sentence. Selection a main mechanism of evolution.