RE: An interesting quote on evolution
March 17, 2012 at 7:54 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 17, 2012 at 7:49 pm)mannaka Wrote: Rythm: Indeed there are a great deal of areas that could be improved within us, but it is the artefacts of evolution that have seemingly(!) and actively reduced capabilities that fascinate me. I'd argue that nature does have goals (though obviously not in a conscious sense), enacted through the principles that Darwin deduced. If it did not, then there would be no point in evolving in the first place. As you pointed out though, these goals are not necessarily logical from a human perspective (in particular mine) at this point in time. Which might explain my persistence in this topic.
There is no point in evolving Manna, it simply happens. Nothing is trying to better suit itself to aything, there is no steady march. You're projecting our own very human concepts where they do not belong. Adaptations do not arise for the purposes of increasing an organisms chance at survival. Adaptations arise and then maybe (a great big maybe, btw) an advantage becomes obvious under a specific condition. What we see is what comes after the fact, which is to say, when a clear "winner" can be declared.
I'm wondering where you see anything in human beings that has reduced our capabilities? We kind of run this place after all.... It didn't take alot of balance, it didn't take alot of strength or speed. It didn't take telescopic vision or an ability to "see" in the infrared, it's what's between our ears.
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