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Morons are needed (some considerations on evolution)

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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	[quote] [b]_Mauro said:[/b] 2) evolution is not random, but is a natural process that changes beings adapted to one context, to beings adapted to another context [/quote] Have to disagree with this one. This is a big part of what I was saying above. The mutations that are most useful to a species in adapting to their environment are the ones which allow them to survive. The random aspect of evolution seems less random when you only look at the survivors, but when you figure in any unsuccessful variations which led to less suitable versions of the species (which as a result died and did not pass on the mutation), you see the lack of a goal far more clearly, and the lack of purpose far more clearly. The point: Evolution does not cause species to become more adapted to their environment. Natural selection is the name for the process through which those species more suited to their environment survive, and those less suited perish. This leaves an array of species well suited to their environments. Not because evolution made them so, but because their suitibility allowed them to survive. It may sound like semantics but it is actually an essential point. FWIW. [quote] [b]_Mauro said:[/b] I think our minds and therefore our societies and cultures have evolved a lot in the past thousands years, a whole lot. But I think our genes and inner behavioral patterns didn't follow at the same speed, nope. [/quote] I strongly disagree with this one. Our societies are little different in the modern world than in any time in the past. Some minor differences, and of course the technology which makes things seem so different, but which in fact is mostly just variations on themes... Our minds do not function differently on any real level than they did 1, 2, 5, 10 thousand years ago. it is estimated that it takes around 20,000 years for any significant change in mindset (if I recall correctly from the text books). We like to think, as a species, that we have come a long way becuase of the trappings we are able to wrap around our redundant acheivements. It's the same line of thought that leads us to believe we are the chosen science fiar project of any number of gods ;) We aren't as special as we like to think... [quote] [b]_Mauro said:[/b] This is controversial theory [/quote] :confused: aside from not seeing much in the way of an actual theory there, I see nothing controversial. There are basic facts out there, based in our biology and genetics. ~shrug~ [url=http://in-dented.com/sigs.html][img]http://in-dented.com/sigs/knot_sig_32.gif[/img][/url] Loading...
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