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Rod Speed wrote
Cynic wrote

How the hell can Darwinism work with all the nannyism of today?

Plenty of the stupids still manage to kill themselves
regardless of the nannyism of today, and before most
of them have spawned any brats too, most obviously
with those that kill themselves with illegal drugs and
by stabbing each other and riding bikes and motorbikes.

nannying only makes people more stupid.

Not necessarily, most obviously with compulsory wearing
of seat belts, making cars much less likely to kill the car's
occupants in other than a high speed crash, and with
fully divided freeways/motorways which mean that
most of the run of the road accidents are survivable.

It does seem to save children's lives

No seems about it. Few now die when doing something risky.

but I very much suspect it results in more deaths as adults.

More fool you, it doesnt. The death rate thru accidents
keeps dropping with adults, essentially because things
are now much less risky even for the most stupid, most
obviously with those killed by electrocution.