upvote
an organisms behavior outside of reproduction certainly can have an impact on natural selection. the vast majority of ants cannot reproduce by your logic their behavior shouldn't have any impact on natural selection. if a non-reproducing members behavior impacts those who can reproduce it will have an impact on natural selection.
reply
> There is no evolutionary pressure for you to die

> what happens to organisms outside their reproductive cycle is pretty much irrelevant to natural selection

Certainly seems plausible for that to create evolutionary pressure: why have organisms still consuming resources if they're no longer contributing to reproduction / natural selection?

reply