• PlexSheep@infosec.pub
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        4 days ago

        They get stronger because they mutate to fight back

        I never meant evolution, or to spark a debate about it. They fucking get stronger the more poison there is, maybe something whacky happens to them

        • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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          5 days ago

          That’s not how evolution works. A species evolves to get stronger in battle if the weak ones die in battle. A species evolves stronger lungs if the weak ones die of lung cancer. Dying of lung cancer doesn’t make a species better fighters.

          • Pollution makes their species stronger; this doesn’t imply an individual preference.

            Idiots walking off cliffs doesn’t make the survivors like cliffs; it teaches them to avoid them.

            That said, evolution can be a real crap shoot, and you never know what sort of perverse effects you’ll get: like us loving sugar so much we eat ourselves into diabetes.