floofloof@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoResearchers Solve Mystery of The Sea Creature That Evolved Eyes All Over Its Shellwww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down15cross-posted to: biodiversity@mander.xyz
arrow-up1127arrow-down1external-linkResearchers Solve Mystery of The Sea Creature That Evolved Eyes All Over Its Shellwww.sciencealert.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: biodiversity@mander.xyz
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoYeah I find that people tend to believe that evolution is trending to a perfect solution. When all it is a jumble of local maximums and chance.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI grew up believing the same until somewhere in high school, when I started taking science seriously. … a jumble of local maximums and chance. I really like how you phrased this. I’m totally stealing it.
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoYou’re more than welcome to but you will then have to explain what a local maximum is. Which can be weirdly harder than you think.
Yeah I find that people tend to believe that evolution is trending to a perfect solution. When all it is a jumble of local maximums and chance.
I grew up believing the same until somewhere in high school, when I started taking science seriously.
I really like how you phrased this. I’m totally stealing it.
You’re more than welcome to but you will then have to explain what a local maximum is. Which can be weirdly harder than you think.