A tumor is a part of an organism that has mutated to play a much shorter game than the organism itself. Humanity seems to be a tumor on the biosphere. The industrial revolution is that happy moment when the host was switched to mostly delivering nutrients to the tumor.
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It's unclear whether evolution optimizes for order, or complexity, or anything else. Don't forget, complexity could only go in one direction following abiogenesis!
Been reading stuff on evolution now. Evidently it's not as clear what's going on there as I thought. Seriously wish highschools integrated a level of ambiguity in their teachings. Instead we get a low level understanding of everything and think humans have it all figured out
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Like all theories, evolution is being perfected and refined. When I was younger, "natural selection" was the primary explanation... but as you're seeing, it's lacking. In recent years, "sexual selection" has filled in a lot of the gaps.
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Sexual selection was also Darwin's idea. What he didn't know about natural selection is genes are the replicating entity.
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Is this related to the return of social constructivism at universities?
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mmmm im unsure (had to give that one a google xD). i think my observation it's certainly less the case at university, as the lecturers seem to have more of an understanding of just how complex their respective field really is. in highschool you learn about all the scientific...
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