RE: Directionality in evolution without intelligent guidance
January 21, 2015 at 9:27 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2015 at 9:37 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
There are species which seem to have guided evolution without having any understanding (at least, nothing we'd call "understanding"..despite not actually knowing what our own "understanding" -is-.). Did the bee domesticate the flower, or did the flower domesticate the bee? For that matter, did we domesticate our crops, or did our crops domesticate us?
I like big brains too, and - while I'd wonder if we could counter evolution, we can certainly guide it......but I don't think that this takes a brain to accomplish, big or small. Seems more to me like we put alot stock into stuff when -we- do it, with -our- big brains (while simultaneously deriding the same effect in other creatures as something different). We use terminology that we reserve for ourselves (despite it fitting a wide range of other creatures equally well)....... that might be just a little bit of an issue of fandom, and not so much a deep or insightful observation on our parts.
I like big brains too, and - while I'd wonder if we could counter evolution, we can certainly guide it......but I don't think that this takes a brain to accomplish, big or small. Seems more to me like we put alot stock into stuff when -we- do it, with -our- big brains (while simultaneously deriding the same effect in other creatures as something different). We use terminology that we reserve for ourselves (despite it fitting a wide range of other creatures equally well)....... that might be just a little bit of an issue of fandom, and not so much a deep or insightful observation on our parts.
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