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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that a Trump administration would prioritize removing fluoride from public water systems, a position at odds with major health organizations like the CDC, the American Dental Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, all of which endorse water fluoridation as safe and beneficial for dental health.

Despite Kennedy’s controversial stance on health and environmental issues, which includes previously debunked claims linking vaccines to autism, Trump has praised his passion, stating that Kennedy would have significant freedom to influence health policy if Trump were elected.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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      1 month ago

      You can actually, evolution is driven by selective reproduction, not selective survival. Yes, reproduction is usually tied to survival, but natural selection would still work even if everyone always lived to 80.

      It would not select for traits useful for survival though, it would most likely select for traits that get you laid.

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        1 month ago

        This requires us to prevent people from reproducing, we have to pick and choose who can breed.

        Gonna put that in the “probably not a great idea” category.

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        1 month ago

        You have seen Idiocracy, yes? About selective reproduction.

        I’ve seen the kind of people that reproduce well. Most of them are both immoral and not very smart.

        My cousins’ parents are a good exception, though. They are exactly the kind of people that should have children, and their daughters too. My parents, on the contrary, were the kind of people about whom I’d never say that. It’s a pure miracle I’ve turned out at least kinda similar to a human.

        On the contrary, the best people I know personally of my generation either have problems they haven’t yet solved or are gay.

        OK, then thinking about myself, I actually think I’d not be that bad of a parent, in case one of those strange creatures likes me enough, but it would be really hard.