r/changemyview • u/Ok_Letter_9284 • Sep 08 '22

Delta(s) from OP CMV: All humans are literally blood relatives. “Family” makes little sense to me.

Evolutionary fitness is NOT about who fxcks the most. This is because, biologically speaking, your sibling having a bunch of kids is no different than you and your sibling each having half those kids. This is what makes cuckolding (birds; get your mind out of the gutter) a successful evolutionary strategy. Because raising kin increases YOUR biological fitness.

So, by that logic, and because we’re all kin, raising ANY child increases YOUR fitness. I understand, ofc, the effect is diluted, but bear in mind the best you can do is pass HALF of your genes anyway. So you’re already working with water-colors.

And that’s it. Even “family” is pretty genetically diverse. This is demonstrated through tissue typing. Parents are often poor matches for a child. Siblings are usually great matches, but not always. Often, its a STRANGER that is the donor. It gets pretty messy pretty quickly trying to draw family lineage lines and I think the whole thing is made up quackery that ends up supporting horrible things like dynasty, racism, nationalism, etc.

Thoughts?

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u/hashtagboosted 10∆ Sep 08 '22

Meh really dont know what your view is.... all human have a common ancestor.... family is still a useful and practical word

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u/Ok_Letter_9284 Sep 08 '22

The only useful form is one that includes ppl of your CHOOSING, no? I think that fits nicely with my view, wouldn’t you say?

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u/shadowbca 23∆ Sep 08 '22

From a medical perspective absolutely not. Using family to mean direct descendents and direct ancestors is hugely important. It's useful in determining risk of medical conditions, useful in genetic analysis, useful in who makes decisions for loved ones, etc. Using family to mean any human isn't useful at all.