#artificial-selection #natural-selection #animal-domestication #plant-selection Created at 110223 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 2023-02-11 Commit: 0 # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Artificial selection I hardly understand the point of this idea existing, to my understanding it means **selection** instrumented by man, but man is a [[Physic/System/System]] in the [[Eco-system]] anyway, couldn’t we just call it [[Natural selection]]? Or it means more like the [[Physic/System/System]] of man had more impact in this **selection** outcome. I.e. **artificial selection** is [[Natural selection]] skewed toward man. # Examples - animal domestication -> animal optimised to fill man stomach and emotional needs (dogs) - plants -> plants optimised to fill man stomach But **artificial selection** does not necessarily bring positive outcomes: - we turned fruits into candies (the nutrient composition is harmful now that we tried to maximise sugar for business purposes of course) to maximize emotions - domesticated animals are like brainless machines producing food, their brain size reduced to the benefit of man stomach, should we care about that? - we turned cereals and grain into empty calorie to maximize emotions (mono crop culture, white rice…)