&gt;&quot;From the perspective of natural selection, once you’re no longer able to reproduce, you might as well be dead.&quot;<p>Both today&#x27;s article and yesterdays said something to this effect, which is blatantly wrong.  A now-infertile parent affects the survivability of their offspring, possibly positively or negatively.  Since their offspring share their genetics, the parent thus is still involved in the natural selection process.