survival value
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It is possible ASI could teach humans the survival value of being held immediately accountable for our freedoms and actions.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
"Considering attribution of consciousness and the problem of other minds from an evolutionary perspective, the capacity for detecting and attributing agency has self-evident survival value, for instance in the detection of predators," the study reads.
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2022
The Neandertal DNA in the H. sapiens genome today persists because it conveys survival value of some kind.
From Scientific American • Feb. 14, 2019
It’s about adding survival value to the things you already use and love versus loading up on stuff you’ll only use if the world ends.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2018
In harsh conditions where infant mortality is great, a race survival value may be indicated.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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