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> In fact, it conferred a resistance against malaria.

I think this is one of my main points: if such a large percentage of the population has something that we think of as a large negative, it's probably a good time to take a step back and wonder if we aren't understanding the whole picture because evolution tends to take care of such low hanging fruit.



Evolution takes care of things that stop you from reproducing, not things that make you unhappy.




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