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[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cosmic rays already cause errors in our world ... by randomly interfering with DNA and causing tiny little errors which lead to mutations

But those mutations also lead to genetic evolution that allow future generations to either fail ... or adapt to new environments

[โ€“] ono@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, the video covers this.