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Selection for existing attributes is plausible on 200-yr timescale. Pro-adaptive mutation is not.


To within measurement error, all attributes are pre-existing attributes. It's called "natural variation" and is the universally-accepted explanation for why we have sexual reproduction instead of budding. Right now, some people are more radiation-resistant than others.




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