I wish I had encountered a similar story back in 2012 when covering evolution
in high school biology. It took me a while to appreciate that populations, and
not individuals, evolve.
Of Self-Proclaimed Messiahs
Dr. Avrana Kern reminds me of ruthless pragmatists common in dystopian stories,
e.g., Boy Wonder in “Alien: Earth”, Evelyn Maddox in “The Ark”, etc.
I wish I had encountered a similar story back in 2012 when covering evolution in high school biology. It took me a while to appreciate that populations, and not individuals, evolve.