re: #205 Obdicut

Evolution also goes nowhere, as in the Red Queen effect. In one generation, a certain set of genes related to immune system will be selected for since they’re more resistant against parasites. Then the parasites adapt, and the next generation selects for a different set. But the sets normally don’t change dramatically over change, just selecting from various existent variations.

The one ringer in all of this being our species-specific ability and desire to make shit and figure shit out. Other species do it, but no one does it anything like us.

Although I was heartened by the discovery that gorillas in Rwanda have learned how to dismantle poacher’s traps. My hope is that they will go on to reverse-engineer them and start trapping poachers.