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Why Extravagant Beauty Is Evolution’s Most Persistent Problem
The Federalist ^
| April 22, 2020
| Glenn T. Stanton
Posted on 04/22/2020 7:02:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Heartlander
Thanks alot for those links.......
To: Mr Ramsbotham
Animals likely favor beauty “in form, color and behavioral displays … for its own sake” and thus it might “be of no practical use whatever.” NOT true with beautiful flowers... weeds come to crowd them out and idiot humans (like me) pull the weeds to protect the flowers.
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04/22/2020 9:49:53 AM PDT
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GOPJ
(Is misery and death worth the four bucks saved on the crappy waffle-iron 'made in China?)
To: Heartlander
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04/22/2020 10:20:04 AM PDT
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UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Kaslin
Who says anything is beautiful? We do. It presents no problem to evolution because it’s not a real thing. Beauty is a subjective emotional interpretation of real things.
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04/22/2020 10:25:09 AM PDT
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discostu
(I know that's a bummer baby, but it's got precious little to do with me)
To: Kaslin
Courtship displays are not “beauty “. Those animals can “afford” those displays because they have survived the basics of existence and competitors, and their displays make them more attractive to mates, and thus more likely to pass on their genes. If those “beautiful” displays interfered with reproductive success, they would eventually fade away.
Arctic foxes, zebras and snow leopards are also “beautiful”, but the coats on those animals have little to do with courtship displays.
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04/22/2020 3:38:01 PM PDT
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VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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