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hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like the Sir PTerry approach to that(to paraphrase):

We're trying to understand the universe with a brain and language designed to tell us what tree has the good fruit, and which one has the hungry jaguar.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We've designed languages and terms to help us communicate in the modern world we've built around ourselves.

Our brains were never designed, but evolved to throw rocks into the trees to scare the cats or knock down the fruit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

True enough regarding the brain, but language evolves a lot faster than brains do. It long ago grew past only being about survival.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If our brains had been designed, they'd have been designed for what we're doing.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Yeah, "designed" is not the best term here. Evolution doesn't design, it just throws random shit at the wall and sees what sticks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think "adapted" would be a better term than "designed" in this context.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'd argue that it's the perfect word.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And for far far longer than we've been living in modern society, evolution designed (in its slapdash, trial-and-error way) us to be the berry-eating cave dwelling mammals we are.

The only difference is that it's an active design process instead of a pre-planned one.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's still not design, though. The term is called "evolution."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

We were designed via the evolutionary process. It's both words in one! Everyone wins!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Definitely a joke captain obvious.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I find it incredibly confusing how such uninspired and borderline mansplainy tripe gets upvoted more than actual thoughtful comments. One thing though - it definitely wasn't a joke.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The whole post isn't a joke? Wow, you really need to get out more if you think the OP tweet is serious.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Do

you

understand

how

threads

work?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe we were planted here on Earth by advanced beings. Beings that designed our whole evolution and existence in detail.
At least it's fun to think about lol

Edit: what's with the fucking downvotes? Im just kidding around. Dont become reddit.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If this garbage is what they designed, they should be fired.

Out of a cannon.

Into a star.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

reminder that giraffes have a nerve that starts in their head, goes down their neck into the torso, and then back up into the head.

if earth life is designed they must have been extremely skilled and extremely spiteful to make shit like this function.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

With a robot.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago

Are you a bot?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

One must imagine Denny happy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Mmm... cave berries 🤤

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Tony stark grew these in a cave, WITH A BUCKET OF WATER