Quark
01-12-2008, 10:05 PM
I wanted to create a thread for some of the stupid questions I and other people may have about Evolution. This concept is important to our understanding of nature, yet there are still a few things I don't get. Like:
If species are supposed to progress through mutation, why don't we see more mutants? Occasionally we get a carrot that has a slighter darker shade of orange than we expected, but we don't ever get a carrot that has legs and arms--or anything else cool. Yes, a carrot with limbs probably wouldn't reproduce or last long by itself, but you'd think we would at least see one. Where are all the freak vegetables? It would be awesome if we could get some. Imagine if you're roommate in college was a giant tomato. You'd come home and there would be the giant tomato on the couch watching Sports Center.
"Giant Tomato, have you finished writing my paper, yet?"
"Do your own work."
"Giant Tomato, you're dangerously close to going into a salad."
It would be a win-win for me. Either I get my Anthro paper done, or I get a tasty side dish. Sure, domesticating super-intellegent yet delicious species would be difficult; but, before we even think about that problem we have to have them in the first place. Why is Evolution so slow in giving them to us?
If species are supposed to progress through mutation, why don't we see more mutants? Occasionally we get a carrot that has a slighter darker shade of orange than we expected, but we don't ever get a carrot that has legs and arms--or anything else cool. Yes, a carrot with limbs probably wouldn't reproduce or last long by itself, but you'd think we would at least see one. Where are all the freak vegetables? It would be awesome if we could get some. Imagine if you're roommate in college was a giant tomato. You'd come home and there would be the giant tomato on the couch watching Sports Center.
"Giant Tomato, have you finished writing my paper, yet?"
"Do your own work."
"Giant Tomato, you're dangerously close to going into a salad."
It would be a win-win for me. Either I get my Anthro paper done, or I get a tasty side dish. Sure, domesticating super-intellegent yet delicious species would be difficult; but, before we even think about that problem we have to have them in the first place. Why is Evolution so slow in giving them to us?