Ah; thank you. That puts it into focus.
Yes, makes sense, ty. I wonder if a species could ever reach such a level of genomic complexity, that any change, or almost any change, would be detrimental, and thus evolution stop for that creature, until such time as the niche he occupies changes. I’m thinking of animals like the crocodile and the cockroach, etc., which have been around, unchanged I believe, since the time of the dinosaurs, or at least for a very long time.
Sobering, lest we get the idea this supposed exponential doubling of our own complexity every 20 years means we’re headed for perfection. Complexity does not equal perfection. It’s only “perfection” relative to your own disgusting little niche. Someone needs to tell these big-headed cockroaches that fact! Which is probably another reason we should head for the stars; if our niche has us locked in, we have to open it up.