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Evolution isn't linear. (mander.xyz)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The title and the meme are correct. Many people think that evolution means a line of becoming bigger and physically stronger and having more powerful offensive capabilities and smarter and faster etc. But in reality evolution can just as easily mean becoming smaller, weaker, dumber, and slower

[–] MajorMajormajormajor 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exhibit A:

Koala bears.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Exhibit B: human

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Hey evolution has decided at least one person I know is gonna become the start of a line of Neo-Neanderthals. So we aint all doomed.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The issue is precisely in your mix up of "linear progression" and implying "smaller" is somehow a counter argument to that. While it's true evolution isn't linear, being smaller is not a downgrade at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I haven't mixed up anything. Smaller to bigger to smaller again is not a linear progression in size going always upward, which is what happens in games and in people's misconceptions.