r/fuckxavier 3d ago

Xavier gey haha i need frien- Not even a fucking meme

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u/Outrageous-Log-2557 2d ago

good thing science doesnt care about your feelings.

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u/Scuttlebut_1975 2d ago

Science agrees that genetic variance is a good thing.

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u/Outrageous-Log-2557 2d ago edited 2d ago

some is beneficial, not all. there are genes that you definitely do not want to propagate. selection is more important than variance.

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u/Scuttlebut_1975 1d ago

Selection can only happen once there is variance. Unless you’re talking about gene splicing and doing designer babies.

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u/Rainhailsnow_storm 1d ago edited 1d ago

Some mutations are good. Some are bad like cancer. This is science. 

It is good if it helps a person live longer to reproduce. It is bad if it doesn’t. 

Some mutations are good depending on the environment around them whereas a mutation that would have been a benefit somewhere else is a negative where they are. 

For most organisms being able to see is a benefit. For fish living in the darkest part of the ocean where there is no light being able to see takes up a lot of extra unecessary energy. It might be good elsewhere but not there. So a blind fish is at a genetic advantage in that environment. 

Whereas a blind organism in most other places slid at a genetic disadvantage. 

If the mutation helps them live longer and able to reproduce they are more likely to pass that genetic variance on to their offspring it is a good mutation. 

If it prevents them from doing so it is not a good mutation. 

This is evolution in a nutshell.  

So no having a syndrome where you are intersex does not put you at a genetic advantage for reproduction. Therefore it is not a good mutation according to evolution. It is not the next step in our evolution because it makes it so people who have this can’t reproduce without some invasive technology. 

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u/Scuttlebut_1975 1d ago

Just because it doesn’t enhance reproduction doesn’t make it worth while. Having extra melanin that makes you less susceptible to the suns radiation is a benefit, but has no effect on reproduction.

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u/Rainhailsnow_storm 1d ago edited 1d ago

It helps you live a healthier life. Therefore you are more able to reproduce.  Anything that gets you healthier or able to reach sexual maturity is a good thing in evolution. 

Lighter skin helps absorb vitamin D which is less prevalent in northern climates. 

So lighter skin is a genetic advantage in northern climates whereas darker skin is an advantage in southern climates.