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> "Evolution is cleverer than you are" - Leslie Orgel Evolution also works at longer timescales than we do. Sure we may end up with 60 foot ferns again 10k yea
by smallerfish 5y ago
> "Evolution is cleverer than you are" - Leslie Orgel
Evolution also works at longer timescales than we do. Sure we may end up with 60 foot ferns again 10k years from now as plant life rebounds in the carbon rich atmosphere, but that doesn't help your grandkids.
- redpiller 5y agoThis is nonsense. Evolution can radically change a species in just one generation if the selective pressures are strong enough. For example, if the world governments sterilized every human on the planet except dwarves, in just 1 generation the average human would be half as tall. With strong selective pressure, 1 generation is all it takes for the species to change radically. Evolution doesn't care about your timelines. Again, it's cleverer than you are.