martinss01
blissfully stupid
there are two stances on how we as a species came to be. in this thread we assume we were created by god as we are today.... just... more naked and less kardashian-like..
basic premise of mine that may or may not be correct. we as a species, when lined up next to every other creature on this planet, flat out do not belong. we are not just unlike everything else on this planet. we are absolutely nothing like anything else on this planet. let me explain...
if you look at a zebra or a dolphin or a house fly. every single species on this planet is perfectly adapted and designed for its role in its given ecosystem. they all have physical adaptations/design (depending on what word you want to use) that perfectly suit them for the role they play in the food chain.
we humans seem to have absolutely 0 physical adaptations to any ecosystem found on this planet. we don't have claws of any significant value or mighty fangs. we don't run particularly fast, we can climb... but not in any way resembling positively competitive when compared to what you find elsewhere in nature. worst still, i can't think of a single climate region a human being could be expected to survive in without any form of technology. without access to clothing or fire or any other type of technology, every climate zone on this planet would literally kill us simply from exposure.
so if we assume god snapped his finger and insto poof-o here we are... where were we and how on earth did we make it to day 2? even assuming we ate from the knowledge tree... it would have had to have been specific knowledge 100% for the specific climate we were put into day one. even then, should adam and eve had been dumped into where ever with super uber knowledge about that specific environment. the odds of long term survival is very low.
so how did we do it and why are we so radically unlike every other species on this planet?
further, other than bugs and various species of vulture... why does nothing see us as a potential food source? and they only see us that way when we are dead and rotting.
sure the occasional mistaken identity by a shark and human activity with wild tigers has increased the # of fatal attacks significantly. but when a human enters an eco system we say we have become part of the food chain. but that really isn't true. most predators, even ones very capable of killing us with extreme ease, avoid or run away when they see us. lions tigers and bears oh my are all far more interested in avoiding us than eating us. further still, when we enter the ocean we are well beyond being the weakest most pathetic thing going. so why is it every carnivorous thing in the ocean doesn't see a super slow self propelled buffet when they see a free diver? why is it nature views us as weird freaks that should be avoided unless absolutely necessary?
you can claim that is a learned behavior because we have been at the top of the food chain for so long. but im not buying that. i have a hard time believing fish see humans and think, "oh crap! people eat me i should be afraid of them!" when they see someone wading in the ocean.
so whats the deal? why are we so hopelessly pathetic with the exception of intelligence? why this planet? meaning why not some other set of climatic rules? why the species of animal we are surrounded by and how did we survive to today?
basic premise of mine that may or may not be correct. we as a species, when lined up next to every other creature on this planet, flat out do not belong. we are not just unlike everything else on this planet. we are absolutely nothing like anything else on this planet. let me explain...
if you look at a zebra or a dolphin or a house fly. every single species on this planet is perfectly adapted and designed for its role in its given ecosystem. they all have physical adaptations/design (depending on what word you want to use) that perfectly suit them for the role they play in the food chain.
we humans seem to have absolutely 0 physical adaptations to any ecosystem found on this planet. we don't have claws of any significant value or mighty fangs. we don't run particularly fast, we can climb... but not in any way resembling positively competitive when compared to what you find elsewhere in nature. worst still, i can't think of a single climate region a human being could be expected to survive in without any form of technology. without access to clothing or fire or any other type of technology, every climate zone on this planet would literally kill us simply from exposure.
so if we assume god snapped his finger and insto poof-o here we are... where were we and how on earth did we make it to day 2? even assuming we ate from the knowledge tree... it would have had to have been specific knowledge 100% for the specific climate we were put into day one. even then, should adam and eve had been dumped into where ever with super uber knowledge about that specific environment. the odds of long term survival is very low.
so how did we do it and why are we so radically unlike every other species on this planet?
further, other than bugs and various species of vulture... why does nothing see us as a potential food source? and they only see us that way when we are dead and rotting.
sure the occasional mistaken identity by a shark and human activity with wild tigers has increased the # of fatal attacks significantly. but when a human enters an eco system we say we have become part of the food chain. but that really isn't true. most predators, even ones very capable of killing us with extreme ease, avoid or run away when they see us. lions tigers and bears oh my are all far more interested in avoiding us than eating us. further still, when we enter the ocean we are well beyond being the weakest most pathetic thing going. so why is it every carnivorous thing in the ocean doesn't see a super slow self propelled buffet when they see a free diver? why is it nature views us as weird freaks that should be avoided unless absolutely necessary?
you can claim that is a learned behavior because we have been at the top of the food chain for so long. but im not buying that. i have a hard time believing fish see humans and think, "oh crap! people eat me i should be afraid of them!" when they see someone wading in the ocean.
so whats the deal? why are we so hopelessly pathetic with the exception of intelligence? why this planet? meaning why not some other set of climatic rules? why the species of animal we are surrounded by and how did we survive to today?
