RE: Thoughts on next video...
April 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2013 at 1:17 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Plenty of them right here on earth, too. No reason to look any further. Look at how evolution "favored" every single creature on this planet? Look how lucky -every single creature living on this planet- was. Beetles? 25% of all known life forms, 40% of all insects (and insects in general seem to have been "favored" heavily). Birds? Wider range of habitat by surface area than any other type of animal (ourselves included). Autotrophs? Kings of this place - the rest of us are just eating their scraps. Actually, the only thing that doesn't seem to have been "favored" so heavily was man - but we overcame that handicap, by leveraging our "gifts" in a novel way.
The chattering we employ has had an effect on our fitness, apparently it doesn't offer as much to some other creatures - one could point to the development of language as a clear indicator of our "lesser" status as creatures, needing more crutches to keep ourselves upright than others.
(overall, the trouble you are having is that you seem to have set the metrics for what species evolution "favored" as the metrics of humanity - self egrandizement, anthropocentrism. I bet that cattle would think that cattle were just super awesome too...if they thought about things like that)
The short version of a long story is that evolution doesn't appear to "favor" anything - though it's a very poetic way of describing it - and we appreciate that sort of thing (chattering apes, after all). Some things remain, some things do not. I don't understand why you've assigned a human attribute like "favor" to something like evolution (note that I do understand why human beings do this, and I do acknowledge that we have a tendency to do this......).
The chattering we employ has had an effect on our fitness, apparently it doesn't offer as much to some other creatures - one could point to the development of language as a clear indicator of our "lesser" status as creatures, needing more crutches to keep ourselves upright than others.
(overall, the trouble you are having is that you seem to have set the metrics for what species evolution "favored" as the metrics of humanity - self egrandizement, anthropocentrism. I bet that cattle would think that cattle were just super awesome too...if they thought about things like that)
The short version of a long story is that evolution doesn't appear to "favor" anything - though it's a very poetic way of describing it - and we appreciate that sort of thing (chattering apes, after all). Some things remain, some things do not. I don't understand why you've assigned a human attribute like "favor" to something like evolution (note that I do understand why human beings do this, and I do acknowledge that we have a tendency to do this......).
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
