| Khuutra said: Wess this post gave me a headache, and CHYUII, you aren't helping. Nothing is "more" or "less" evolved than anything else, ebcause evolution is not a linear process! That's a stupidi dea that's been perpetuated by Saturday morning cartoons and the Mario Bros. movie - there's no such thing as "devolution" i.e. evolution in reverse, because evolution is not linear - evolution is the adaptation to a given environment. You can't be "less evolved" than somehting else, you just evolved differently. I'm not more evolved than my dog, it just means that my ancestors changedd in ways that allowed them to fill a very different but still specific niche - we just interpret that as "higher evolution" or higher complexity as a leftover line of thought from religious doctrine that taught we were of a higher state than other animals. We aren't. Different races can't be more or less evolved. That's stupid and it's racist. But it's true that we didn't involve in the same way, tooo. Me and my fiance come from different evolutionary backgrounds because our ancestors had to fill separate evolutionary niches in order to adapt best to their environments. And if we have kids, well, they'll be different too. Sorry if it seems like I'm ranting, it's just that people interpreting evolution as being a linear process really, really burns me up. |
Is that because you've got a sure-fire ticket to hell for believing in evolution? 
Tease.
