Comment Re:Good. (Score 2, Insightful) 234
Parent has interesting comments, and those are certainly specialized behaviors that are more or less unique to Humans.
However, make no mistake about evolution and roughly Natural Selection not applying to us. I know of no evidence that suggests humans will not be judged by time and our ability to thrive. All of our specialized behaviors such as caring for the sick, accomodating people outside the average ability (disabled people), etc. give us big advantages by keeping brain and body power available, but dependence on those same behaviors could most certainly turn out to be a weakness if our circumstances change (ice age, meteors falling, aliens arriving, plague, whatever).
Our behaviors are just that. From a removed perspective, there is nothing special about human behavior compared to other animals on earth except that we are currently very successful in thriving in this environment.
-John
However, make no mistake about evolution and roughly Natural Selection not applying to us. I know of no evidence that suggests humans will not be judged by time and our ability to thrive. All of our specialized behaviors such as caring for the sick, accomodating people outside the average ability (disabled people), etc. give us big advantages by keeping brain and body power available, but dependence on those same behaviors could most certainly turn out to be a weakness if our circumstances change (ice age, meteors falling, aliens arriving, plague, whatever).
Our behaviors are just that. From a removed perspective, there is nothing special about human behavior compared to other animals on earth except that we are currently very successful in thriving in this environment.
-John
