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Evolution can never be a "mistake"... TreasonousBastard Feb 2016 #1
Life forms evolve in response to the challenges of existence during their ladjf Feb 2016 #35
My thoughts too! IMO the main destructive aspect of humans is competition rather than cooperation. RKP5637 Feb 2016 #54
I totally agree with your thinking. ladjf Feb 2016 #55
"America is fortunate to have citizens of his stature who are willing to lead us." When I RKP5637 Feb 2016 #60
I looked up several of your previous posts and was delighted to ladjf Feb 2016 #62
Thanks, that is very nice of you to say that, and I think the same of you! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2016 #65
Evolution is a mistake. Rex Feb 2016 #2
Interesting hypothesis regarding formation of life exboyfil Feb 2016 #12
Thanks that is a very interesting read. Rex Feb 2016 #33
Life is due to random coincidences. Death is due to the organism's inability ladjf Feb 2016 #36
It was a joke. Rex Feb 2016 #39
NASA is sending up a new telescope that is 100 times more powerful than Hubble. ladjf Feb 2016 #40
I cannot wait! Hubble brought us groundbreaking imagery of the night sky. Rex Feb 2016 #42
This is a great OP. It has caused a good number of people ladjf Feb 2016 #57
One of the reasons I still hang out here, DU has great discussions. Rex Feb 2016 #64
There are many profound thoughts in this thread Cyrano Feb 2016 #66
Ah. Ffs irony is all over this nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #3
The amount of time a civilization remains exboyfil Feb 2016 #4
And it's about to become even rarer pscot Feb 2016 #10
Definitely exboyfil Feb 2016 #13
David Byrne nailed it a long time ago. hifiguy Feb 2016 #20
I think it may be more common. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2016 #18
Of course you can't draw conclusions form one set of data exboyfil Feb 2016 #21
We know nothing. Either way would not surprise me. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2016 #30
Humans simply can't imagine Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #51
I'd say that nothing evolution is responsible for is a mistake. randome Feb 2016 #5
Mutations are random exboyfil Feb 2016 #16
imo human species is an evolutionary mistake that will go the way of all parasites that get out of Vincardog Feb 2016 #6
No, just repukes. KamaAina Feb 2016 #7
That's a meaningless question. Evolution is not a guided process. Yo_Mama Feb 2016 #8
There can only be mistakes when there's a purpose Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #9
Nah. hifiguy Feb 2016 #11
J B S Haldane, when asked about the major characteristic of the creator, said: longship Feb 2016 #17
God loves bacteria exboyfil Feb 2016 #22
Well played my friend. longship Feb 2016 #24
I have tenacious Republicans Cyrano Feb 2016 #32
And while they were at it, they created the most important innovation ladjf Feb 2016 #37
I think he actually said "an inordinate fondness for The Beatles." NobodyHere Feb 2016 #29
No! "Send more Chuck Berry!" longship Feb 2016 #31
K&R n/t Dalai_1 Feb 2016 #14
Yes. ananda Feb 2016 #15
"mistake" is not what evolution does 0rganism Feb 2016 #19
Yes and when you look at birds exboyfil Feb 2016 #23
More like a case of too much success, a evolutionary breakthrough. bemildred Feb 2016 #25
Depending on your definition of mistake... gcomeau Feb 2016 #26
No mistakes in evolution. Basic LA Feb 2016 #27
Well, you know there is that "great flood" myth.... 7wo7rees Feb 2016 #28
I suspect that we are actually 2naSalit Feb 2016 #34
We are destroying the only known biosphere in the universe tabasco Feb 2016 #38
got that right. lindysalsagal Feb 2016 #44
+1 mountain grammy Feb 2016 #53
Does evolution have a right answer? Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #41
Evolutionarily speaking... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #49
Yeah, but math sucks so -- -- WIN! Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #63
All of the things you listed as positives are only good in our imaginations The2ndWheel Feb 2016 #43
Not a mistake, just a variation ... hatrack Feb 2016 #45
K&R... spanone Feb 2016 #46
Lesswrong.com AngryAmish Feb 2016 #47
No such thing, as evolution is non-teleological. Crunchy Frog Feb 2016 #48
I think it comes down to humans developing imagination Marrah_G Feb 2016 #50
Big, fat, beer-guzzling manatee with disappearing sponge-like brains... kentuck Feb 2016 #52
The hip ball does not fit in the socket of the pelvis librechik Feb 2016 #56
no. actually, from a natural selection pov, we are quite successful restorefreedom Feb 2016 #58
Go the way of the dinosaurs? Of course we will. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2016 #59
Our technology has outpaced our biological evolution... JCMach1 Feb 2016 #61
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