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Isn't it funny how many meanings the word "why" has? My first explanation, on hearing the question, was: because, evolutionarily speaking, no organism would ha
by perlgeek 7y ago
Isn't it funny how many meanings the word "why" has?
My first explanation, on hearing the question, was: because, evolutionarily speaking, no organism would have relied so heavily on the heart if it got tired easily.
Or looking on it another way, if the heart was easily fatigued, we'd be all dead, or be very different.
- hinkley 7y agoThere have been a few astrophysics shows where they talked about 'why are we here?', with varying definitions of 'why' or special emphasis on here (as opposed to elsewhere). In most of them, someone says words to the effect of "well if we weren't here, we wouldn't be having this conversation". Survivor bias, in a very literal sense.
- perlgeek 7y ago... also know as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropic_principle