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The “Darwin Awards” is another Internet invention, going all the way back to when the Internet was in its absolute infancy. Wikipedia describes them as “… a tongue-in-cheek honor that originated in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselves out of the gene pool by dying or becoming sterilized via their own actions.” One 2022 incident up for nomination is a man who broke into an Italian grocery store, and pausing for a drink, attempted to pull a single bottle of water out of a pallet that was part of a towering edifice of water pallets stacked to the high ceiling. As a result of his effort to quench his thirst, he ended up tipping the entire stack and it collapsed on top of him, killing him instantly (or one hopes it was instant!). Once again the “Darwin Awards” comes across as a celebration of human incompetence and helps to reinforce the widespread conviction in it. What is Creator’s perspective?
ClosedNicola asked 2 years ago • 
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