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user-inactivated  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Chinese Boy with Ability to See in Pitch Black

This sent me on an evolutionary thought tangent -- once upon a time, being able to see in the dark would have been such a huge evolutionary advantage that it might have propagated pretty quickly (might, depending on the vagaries of the gene pool); now, however, it's worthless for survival in a large part of the world. I wonder what other traits have surfaced and faded in a similar manner.





kleinbl00  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Suppose you're a mugger. night vision is aan evolutionary advancement for you.

And while I agree with TNG that the page is purest crap, there's a PDF I could share.

user-inactivated  ·  4436 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, it would be, if that was how evolution worked.

However, yeah, I figured this was fake. (I'm assuming it is.)

thenewgreen  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Check out the other articles from that site. Just saying...

Janabutts  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha, I'm sorry I don't approve most of the site's content what so ever. I just thought this article was short and interesting.

thenewgreen  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No worries, I just recently had a "conversation" with someone about this article from that site. It's complete rubbish. So I'm a bit sensitive to the site.

humanodon  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well, according to the site, vaccinations cause autism and there is an article on how an autistic boy may be smarter than Einstein, so it stands to reason that the more vaccines we give to people, the more likely it is that we or our children will be smarter than Einstein.

Perhaps then, we will be able to solve the photogenic mystery that is bigfoot.

thenewgreen  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

My god that is funny.

humanodon  ·  4437 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I highly recommend his comedy albums.

thenewgreen  ·  4433 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh, I'm a fan for sure.