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I think you misunderstood what people mean by "why" in the context of evolution. For example, you ask a random person what his job is. He: I fix TVs You: Why
by raincole 2y ago
I think you misunderstood what people mean by "why" in the context of evolution.
For example, you ask a random person what his job is.
He: I fix TVs
You: Why?
He: Uh, that's what keeps a roof over me and keeps my family fed?
You: But clearly other humans do other jobs and still have roofs. So it's not a real "why". Your statement is falsified.
> Evolutionary explanations like these for "why" things are the way they are not just pure idle speculation, but they are also often unprovable, unfalsifiable, and have the same circular logic as bad religion
How DNA works at molecular level is science. How creators became what they are now is history. History usually doesn't have the same level of falsifiability as science does.
- raincole 2y ago* creators -> creatures This typo somehow fits the theme in a discussion over evolution ;P
- andreyvit 2y agoI think your example is perfect. What he gave you is not a complete answer to why, because, as you say, he might have been doing a number of other jobs. So why roofs specifically? Add the description of how he inherited his father’s carpenter business but whenever he visited clients, they all had leaky roof, yadayada, and that he now feels happy enough to not look for any further changes, and you get the kind of answer OP is looking for.