Hi there,
So this simple truth was on television, and I thought it was quite apt:
I thought about it for a moment, and imagined one of you saying "that's what we mean by mutation: when something mutates, it is getting messed up", but then I thought 'you are just saying messed up is good' that's not what is being said by the quote. What is being said (at least in the context of Evolution), is that even the perfect mutation, can in principle become cancerous. You still need to deal with the fact, that something may never 'evolve'. You may say "we can't", but that is decrying the negative - almost everything has a positive solution, you would have to prove that Evolution is distinctly optional, in the sense that survival is not dependent on it.
So if survival is not dependent on Evolution, there is no way to evaluate what is 'fit'. That is the vulnerability: 'fitness is subjective'. This is sad, because you would like to be able to evaluate your standing, whether against a predator or merely amongst your species and the fact that 'Evolution can't save you' is tentatively offered as a comfort in this context, does not explain that many species flourish on the idea that the other species with them, are there as prey. There is a need for a concept that is proxy, to survival, that comes or goes depending on how successful Evolution is: an Evolution that just remains in place, is a dead Evolution?
The answer may well be, that species rely far more on numbers, than they do on varying adaptations. That would make sense, given that we don't see species changing from one to the other, in the numbers (sic) that would justify Evolution as a viable ethos. That does not mean Evolution doesn't bring strengths together, just that we should expect that actually. An Evolution that brings strengths together, is a flourishing Evolution. That being the case, there is room to be picky, and being picky being attractive to a mate, who will bear the young. In this sense, I do believe in Evolution, because it adds to the species in question, without necessitating that strengths be found elsewhere, or absurdly along a path that meanders between species.
So this simple truth was on television, and I thought it was quite apt:
What are you doing about that, in the context of Evolution?
I thought about it for a moment, and imagined one of you saying "that's what we mean by mutation: when something mutates, it is getting messed up", but then I thought 'you are just saying messed up is good' that's not what is being said by the quote. What is being said (at least in the context of Evolution), is that even the perfect mutation, can in principle become cancerous. You still need to deal with the fact, that something may never 'evolve'. You may say "we can't", but that is decrying the negative - almost everything has a positive solution, you would have to prove that Evolution is distinctly optional, in the sense that survival is not dependent on it.
So if survival is not dependent on Evolution, there is no way to evaluate what is 'fit'. That is the vulnerability: 'fitness is subjective'. This is sad, because you would like to be able to evaluate your standing, whether against a predator or merely amongst your species and the fact that 'Evolution can't save you' is tentatively offered as a comfort in this context, does not explain that many species flourish on the idea that the other species with them, are there as prey. There is a need for a concept that is proxy, to survival, that comes or goes depending on how successful Evolution is: an Evolution that just remains in place, is a dead Evolution?
The answer may well be, that species rely far more on numbers, than they do on varying adaptations. That would make sense, given that we don't see species changing from one to the other, in the numbers (sic) that would justify Evolution as a viable ethos. That does not mean Evolution doesn't bring strengths together, just that we should expect that actually. An Evolution that brings strengths together, is a flourishing Evolution. That being the case, there is room to be picky, and being picky being attractive to a mate, who will bear the young. In this sense, I do believe in Evolution, because it adds to the species in question, without necessitating that strengths be found elsewhere, or absurdly along a path that meanders between species.
Probably finding that strength (that Evolution gathers) is harder, than simply committing to it for a moment - but at least we can have confidence that in most places, it can be found! That is the true Evolution, helping all species do that.
