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Val comments on Stupid Questions August 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Val 02 August 2015 12:09:53PM 5 points [-]

Evolution works in the timespan of hundreds of generations or more. A cultural or political trend can wreck a society in a few generations, before evolution has any time to compensate.