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> "did they appreciate things purely for aesthetics and cultural relevance, and not utility?" Many animals do, even sharing their sense of aesthetics with huma
by nautilius 4y ago
> "did they appreciate things purely for aesthetics and cultural relevance, and not utility?"
Many animals do, even sharing their sense of aesthetics with human taste. Just look at how flowers evolved to some form even we find pleasing without any skin in the game, or how animals that live in total dark (deep sea, for example) are atrociously ugly.
- darkerside 4y agoWhy do you say they evolved with our taste? Isn't it just as likely we have tastes that suit what happened to evolve naturally?
- nautilius 4y agoI didn't say that at all. I said they evolved to their current form, which we happen to enjoy.