• Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world
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    8 months 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.

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      8 months 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.