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If fevers are the immune system's response to viral/bacterial infection, why do with try to reduce them? Is there a benefit to letting a fever run its course vs medicinal treatment?

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If the tectonic plates are constantly shifting, albeit slightly, why don't we experience earthquakes more frequently?

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Our current evolutionary models show that life started in the oceans, and eventually came to land. Is there any evidence of a species that seems to have evolved exclusively on land (IE had no aquatic ancestors)?

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If fevers are the immune system's response to viral/bacterial infection, why do with try to reduce them? Is there a benefit to letting a fever run its course vs medicinal treatment?	8019
If the tectonic plates are constantly shifting, albeit slightly, why don't we experience earthquakes more frequently?	3
Our current evolutionary models show that life started in the oceans, and eventually came to land. Is there any evidence of a species that seems to have evolved exclusively on land (IE had no aquatic ancestors)?	1