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Comment author: OrphanWilde 21 February 2013 08:01:30PM 6 points [-]

There are many more ways to arrange things in a defective manner than an effective one. I'd consider deviations from the status quo to be harmful until proven otherwise.

Comment author: torekp 22 February 2013 12:19:29AM 3 points [-]

Or in other words: most mutations are harmful.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 22 February 2013 12:26:34AM 1 point [-]

(Fixed the wording to better match the intended meaning: "compared to the many alternatives" -> "compared to many of the alternatives".)

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