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[[User:Mikey|Mikey]] ([[User talk:Mikey|talk]]) 22:12, 23 November 2019 (UTC) | [[User:Mikey|Mikey]] ([[User talk:Mikey|talk]]) 22:12, 23 November 2019 (UTC) | ||
: The meme factor is tongue in cheek humor and catastrophizing. Does anyone honestly believe we're going to go extinct because of oversized mandibles? I concede that this paper seems to be about different kind of sexual selection (primarily sexual conflict), but i was mislead as it cites some stuff on Runaway selection and evo suicide. Not sure what you mean by hindsight bias. [[User:Bibipi|Bibipi]] ([[User talk:Bibipi|talk]]) 23:23, 23 November 2019 (UTC) | : The meme factor is tongue in cheek humor and catastrophizing. Does anyone honestly believe we're going to go extinct because of oversized mandibles? I concede that this paper seems to be about different kind of sexual selection (primarily sexual conflict), but i was mislead as it cites some stuff on Runaway selection and evo suicide. Not sure what you mean by hindsight bias. [[User:Bibipi|Bibipi]] ([[User talk:Bibipi|talk]]) 23:23, 23 November 2019 (UTC) | ||
::Yea fisherian runaway is a bit of a meme. Yea the Irish Elk is just a hypothesis (although one that makes a lot of sense), you can put that wording about hypothesis back in if you want. Different papers say different things RE: the Irish Elk[[User:William|William]] ([[User talk:William|talk]]) 23:54, 23 November 2019 (UTC) | |||
== Big getting tired of having to call out your bullshit== | == Big getting tired of having to call out your bullshit== | ||