<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The brutal thing about natural selection is not... > The brutal thing about natural selection is not that it is cruel; it is that it is indifferent. Medicine is one of humanity's great inventions for inserting compassion into a process that otherwise has none. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The brutal thing about natural selection is not that it is cruel; it is that it is indifferent. Medicine is one of humanity's great inventions for inserting compassion into a process that otherwise has none.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-brutal-thing-natural-process-otherwise-none ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->