RE: An interesting quote on evolution
March 17, 2012 at 7:05 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2012 at 7:12 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 17, 2012 at 6:49 pm)mannaka Wrote: Rhythm: That's an interesting viewpoint. The use of the terms should/shouldn't are certainly logic markers defined by humans (and indeed it is subjective even amongst us). Therefore, as I understand it, you're effectively saying that evolution isn't necessarily logical (by human standards). I can appreciate that viewpoint, though despite this, it leaves me a little unsatisfied.
Nature isn't looking to satisfy anyone, so that's unsurprising. Another musing on breasts. Why not 3 (and we don't see many 3 legged creatures either, do we, or 3 eyed creatures for that matter)? There's a logical reason for that, but the situation itself wasn't reached by employing any logic. A subtle but important distinction. As Stimbo has pointed out, if nature were a designer, and if the purpose of breasts were to increase balance, then nature failed horribly in that regard. Good thing it isn't, and it has no such obligations or intentions (or, more accurately, any intentions at all). There are a great many things that could increase our performance in a great number of areas, but that's not the path we took.
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