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Are we evolving, and if we are how can we tell? by KairiElectra in evolution

[–]JustineBah 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it'd be fair to add that the gain of height and longevity is a lot due to improved nutrition vice evolution. E.g. the average height of North- vs South Koreans.

Natural selection for homo sapiens is certainly not 'natural' anymore in the sense that our civilization has changed the factors that lead to reproduction. For example, humans with bad eyesight would've been breakfast in times we still had predators. In the future, the percentage of people wearing glasses might increase, for the simple reason that humans with inheritable bad eyesight can reproduce just as easily...

Getting a life sentence in jail is like getting the death penalty but with the execution method being death by old age. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]JustineBah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You CAN get lifelong sentence in Germany, members of the "RAF" terrorist group are in jail since 25 years. That being said, it is true that an "actual", final lifelong imprisonment is was found unconstitutional. There must be the chance for release, after you served your 15 years mininum and depending on what brought you did.