[count-your-change]

Then the what you what you call a strawman is the statement that mutations with their deleterious effects, what the author describes as “accidental damage events”, are sending us to extinction?

How a strawman, something set up to be easily knocked down?

[mike-zed]

I’ve managed to propagate a new generation of little mike-zeds. Who carry my genetic material and their mother’s, possibly mutated somewhat, but free to propagate their own offspring.

No tragic mutations killing off me, my kids, my family, or anyone I know.

Perhaps people are mutating and dropping dead in your circle at a rate which prevents their propagation. Hopefully, not.