Dr. Melissa Ilardo

And I think it also fits with this, you know, concept of survival of the fittest, which I think is, you know, also a little bit misleading in that, you know, it's not about the most fit. It's about the best fit. So evolution doesn't care how fit you are in the way we think of fitness. It only cares how you fit with your environment.

It's about the best fit.

So evolution doesn't care how fit you are in the way we think of fitness.

It only cares how you fit with your environment.

So, you know, the idea that evolution is driving any species, but especially ours, towards some optimum I think is inherently flawed.

So, you know, the idea that evolution is driving any species, but especially ours, towards some optimum I think is inherently flawed.

So, you know, the idea that evolution is driving any species, but especially ours, towards some optimum I think is inherently flawed.

So, you know, the idea that evolution is driving any species, but especially ours, towards some optimum I think is inherently flawed.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

That's right.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, most mutations are deleterious. Most mutations cause problems. And so we actually don't even see most mutations because they kill essentially the offspring before it even becomes a fetus. So most mutations are happening in a way that we're not even seeing them.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, most mutations are deleterious. Most mutations cause problems. And so we actually don't even see most mutations because they kill essentially the offspring before it even becomes a fetus. So most mutations are happening in a way that we're not even seeing them.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, most mutations are deleterious. Most mutations cause problems. And so we actually don't even see most mutations because they kill essentially the offspring before it even becomes a fetus. So most mutations are happening in a way that we're not even seeing them.

I mean, most mutations are deleterious.

Most mutations cause problems.

And so we actually don't even see most mutations because they kill essentially the offspring before it even becomes a fetus.

So most mutations are happening in a way that we're not even seeing them.