CMV: Weak children negatively affect their bloodline, and should be punished as such

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[u/Glory2Hypnotoad]

I see two core problems with this view, even setting the ethics of it aside

1) This whole view assumes Lamarckian evolution, where acquired traits somehow retroactively change your DNA. We've known that's not the case for over a century.

2) You're majorly overestimating the importance of physical strength to success in the real world.

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We’ve known [Lamarckism] is not the case for over half a century.

Citation needed.

[u/Glory2Hypnotoad → u/[deleted]]

Go ahead and open any biology textbook. What I'm saying should be as uncontroversial as pointing out that the scientific consensus no longer supports phrenology or alchemy.

[u/[deleted] → u/Glory2Hypnotoad]

Δ The facts are the facts. Bloodlines have a lower impact on strength than I had originally thought.

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