Comment on Scientists: Go ahead, kill all the mosquitoes.parentComments−Qz16yIf we kill the mosquitoes, and it leads to our downfall, then something will just evolve to fill our place since clearly we weren't well adapted enough...−jbrennan16yThat's my favourite part of being Human: we're pretty awesome at adaptation.−tomjen316yI believe that is an understatement - we are properly the single best species at that.−Qz16yThat's a self-deceptive way of looking at evolution. Every species currently in existence is equally good at adaptation.−tomjen316yNot really - only humans have been able to adapt from walking 7 miles an hour to flying faster than the speed of sound in less than 100 years.−Qz16y... and only humans have managed to kill off hundreds of millions of our kind in the same amount of time via war and genocide.The point is, evolution has only one measure for success: continued existence. Everything else is irrelevant.−carnevalem16yAnts have done the same. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/clvea/ants/c0thznv−code_duck16yNot the ones that are on their way out soon...
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If we kill the mosquitoes, and it leads to our downfall, then something will just evolve to fill our place since clearly we weren't well adapted enough...
That's my favourite part of being Human: we're pretty awesome at adaptation.
I believe that is an understatement - we are properly the single best species at that.
That's a self-deceptive way of looking at evolution. Every species currently in existence is equally good at adaptation.
Not really - only humans have been able to adapt from walking 7 miles an hour to flying faster than the speed of sound in less than 100 years.
... and only humans have managed to kill off hundreds of millions of our kind in the same amount of time via war and genocide.
The point is, evolution has only one measure for success: continued existence. Everything else is irrelevant.
Ants have done the same. http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/clvea/ants/c0thznv
Not the ones that are on their way out soon...