Janel Comeau @VeryBadLlama

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

  • Kbin_space_program
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    421 year ago

    I like the Sir PTerry approach to that(to paraphrase):

    We’re trying to understand the universe with a brain and language designed to tell us what tree has the good fruit, and which one has the hungry jaguar.

    • @SpaceNoodle
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      1 year ago

      We’ve designed languages and terms to help us communicate in the modern world we’ve built around ourselves.

      Our brains were never designed, but evolved to throw rocks into the trees to scare the cats or knock down the fruit.

    • @samus12345
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      21 year ago

      True enough regarding the brain, but language evolves a lot faster than brains do. It long ago grew past only being about survival.

  • @SpaceNoodle
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    301 year ago

    If our brains had been designed, they’d have been designed for what we’re doing.

    • @[email protected]
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      361 year ago

      Yeah, “designed” is not the best term here. Evolution doesn’t design, it just throws random shit at the wall and sees what sticks

      • threelonmusketeers
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        121 year ago

        Yeah, I think “adapted” would be a better term than “designed” in this context.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          61 year ago

          I’d argue that it’s the perfect word.

      • @Donkter
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        61 year ago

        And for far far longer than we’ve been living in modern society, evolution designed (in its slapdash, trial-and-error way) us to be the berry-eating cave dwelling mammals we are.

        The only difference is that it’s an active design process instead of a pre-planned one.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          141 year ago

          It’s still not design, though. The term is called “evolution.”

          • @Donkter
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            21 year ago

            We were designed via the evolutionary process. It’s both words in one! Everyone wins!

      • Mojo
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        1 year ago

        Maybe we were planted here on Earth by advanced beings. Beings that designed our whole evolution and existence in detail.
        At least it’s fun to think about lol

        Edit: what’s with the fucking downvotes? Im just kidding around. Dont become reddit.

        • @SpaceNoodle
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          151 year ago

          If this garbage is what they designed, they should be fired.

          Out of a cannon.

          Into a star.

          • @[email protected]
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            101 year ago

            reminder that giraffes have a nerve that starts in their head, goes down their neck into the torso, and then back up into the head.

            if earth life is designed they must have been extremely skilled and extremely spiteful to make shit like this function.

        • @[email protected]
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          -11 year ago

          I find it incredibly confusing how such uninspired and borderline mansplainy tripe gets upvoted more than actual thoughtful comments. One thing though - it definitely wasn’t a joke.

          • @NocturnalMorning
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            21 year ago

            The whole post isn’t a joke? Wow, you really need to get out more if you think the OP tweet is serious.

  • @[email protected]
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    -171 year ago

    Maybe try sleeping instead of binging social media (or wherever that onslaught comes from) 24/7?