ELi5 Why are fevers so dangerous? If they’re an immune system mechanism, shouldn’t there also be a biological “emergency stop/ brain overheating” button?
In: Biology
Evolution is generation after generation of “good enough”. Good enough for what? Good enough that enough of the current generation will survive to reach adulthood and reproduce to produce the next generation. As long as you can check that box whatever else is going on is “good enough”.
For most of human history half of children would die before the age of five. And you just had myrtle squirt out a replacement and it was “good enough”. It’s terrifying to realize just how much dysfunction and bad design can fit into “good enough”.
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