re: #354 Ben Hur
OUr brains will not allow nature to take its course.
When asked why she is a vegetarian, even though it is not natural, my SIL always answers that our with our modern intelligence, we should know better, and overcome nature.
I see something similar in modern Natural Selection. Our intelligence, or emotions, really, will not allow Natural Selection to occur if it isn’t fair to those who aren’t selected.