Small, shelled, and unassuming, chitons have eyes unlike any other creature in the animal kingdom.
  • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
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    2 years ago

    Yeah I find that people tend to believe that evolution is trending to a perfect solution. When all it is a jumble of local maximums and chance.

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      I grew up believing the same until somewhere in high school, when I started taking science seriously.

      … a jumble of local maximums and chance.

      I really like how you phrased this. I’m totally stealing it.

      • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
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        2 years ago

        You’re more than welcome to but you will then have to explain what a local maximum is. Which can be weirdly harder than you think.