points by jaykru 7 hours ago | 0 comments
Would you rather ancient issues to which our bodies have apparently adapted or new issues we haven't yet had time to adapt to? I'm not sure on the answer myself but it doesn't appear as clear cut as no worms => no issues.
[–] nextaccountic 6 hours ago
[–] masfuerte 4 hours ago
You don't have to give worms to everybody. If healthy adults would be better off with worms (and that's a big if) you could infect just adults. And then give them worming pills in late middle age when their immune systems are weakening.
[–] trollbridge 4 hours ago
From an evolutionary perspective, it might be the only way the human species survives and thrives.
Not much fun being the one naturally selected out.
[–] nextaccountic 1 hour ago
It WAS the way the species survived and thrived, but not anymore. We are thriving even harder today
And it's not like evolution don't apply to us anymore, we just have more agency now
We adapted by having more children, with the understanding that many wouldn't make it
Would you prefer to live like this? In this more brutish world