Of course they weren’t there 600 million years ago to see this, because if they were, they wouldn’t have had eyes to see it with, since the creature with the light-sensitive gene was just coming into being.
I’ve always thought a security camera would be a good featuer for my house, but I didn’t want to spend the money. Now I am holding out hope that my outdoor lamp’s photo-cell will evolve into at least a black-and-white security camera. Then I just have to run some wires.
Any suggestions on how I can speed up the process? I suppose I could just use the original process, and design and build a camera myself, but this evolution thing sounds so much easier.
Yes, have your security camera reproduce sexually, and apply selective pressures to the offspring.
That isn't possible? Then maybe you need to find yourself a more suitable strawman.
No problem. Give it a few million years, be sure to weed out ones with worse image detection (i.e. those with uniform sensitivity), and select ones with better imaging detection.
A really big Die Hard battery is a cinch to speed up the evolutionary process.
Oh, and really good jumper cables are a must;)
Have you tried putting it in a spot where it gets lots of rain? alternatively, you can hook up a garden hose and have it drip constantly on it. Seems to do the trick for life on earth.
You might try evolutionary algorithms which have created patentable controller circuits.