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Shouldn't it rather be (if I understand Darwin correclty): How long will it take for the ones that are attracted to the trap to have their population reduced enough so that the ones who are not attracted can spread their genes more efficiently
If all bed bugs are attracted to the trap, then a mutation would have to occur.
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Shouldn't it rather be (if I understand Darwin correclty): How long will it take for the ones that are attracted to the trap to have their population reduced enough so that the ones who are not attracted can spread their genes more efficiently
Probably a distinction that is not conversationally useful.
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Shouldn't it rather be (if I understand Darwin correclty): How long will it take for the ones that are attracted to the trap to have their population reduced enough so that the ones who are not attracted can spread their genes more efficiently
If all bed bugs are attracted to the trap, then a mutation would have to occur.
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Interestingly, all life and "life" (virii, prions) serve the purpose of increasing entropy of the universe faster. But from an anthropocentric perspective, they're as useful as cancer.
You are starting to get it. Examining "life" from antropocentric perspective could be very misleading. Especially when humans are getting practical means of decreasing biodiversity by erasing species. Even if these are bedbugs. Imagine anti-cancer treatment from some bedbug spit. Could be useful. But once you erased bugs, there will be no one.
Stupidity is the default condition, wisdom takes thinking ahead.
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You are starting to get it. Examining "life" from antropocentric perspective could be very misleading. Especially when humans are getting practical means of decreasing biodiversity by erasing species. Even if these are bedbugs. Imagine anti-cancer treatment from some bedbug spit. Could be useful. But once you erased bugs, there will be no one.
Homo sapiens sapiens inadvertently or deliberately kill every creature to extinction that isn't cute... Hence dodo and river dolphins (baiji / 白鱀豚). Not to mention the multibillion dollar hocus pocus trades in ivory and other rare animal parts. Stupidity is the default condition, wisdom takes thinking ahead.