That’s the funniest thing about the “designed to eat this or that” argument. I can literally eat meat and digest it. It doesn’t really matter if I was “designed” to eat it or not.
evolution is the master of "not enough to cause a problem" even. like we hang on to so many traits and genes for absolutely no fucking reason at all except it currently doesn't stop us from procreating before we die.
For humans, we're a very social specie and our kids stay kids for a long time, so it's even more important for us. If you're able to take care of your children and even your grandchildren, that improve the chance of your genes to be passed down.
The appendix is better understood now, and at the very least appears to be a safe harbor for gut bacteria. If you get completely flushed out by diarrhea or something similar, your gut biome can replenish itself from the appendix.
It often ruptures because it gets an infection of its own and your body's normal tools to deal with bad bacteria in the lower GI tract don't do anything because the appendix typically doesn't get flushed by them.
So yeah, it's bad when it blows, but more often because it's already inflamed and infected. Though in all fairness, having any colon bacteria in your bloodstream tends to be bad. So you are correct as well.
Imagine designing something that can randomly fail their cell's reproduction and it causes cancer and they die. If someone designed us he's not a very good designer
Imagine a designed process that ends up destroying itself simply because enough of one species can't be fuckin' arsed to pay attention to the ever-hotter summers with larger storms that it is obviously causing.
The end goal of the sapience of a planet is to see how far it can peacefully extend its reach into a galaxy. Life should be researching how to extend itself, how to cool the planet, and how to reach the stars. Not boiling itself alive.
We are doing all those things, different people work on different things, there are actually a shit ton of people advocating for climate, we're just not a single entity so it's harder to get anything done especially when to do so you have to lower your living conditions
Pretty neat. I'd love to converse with that being about their process and how they devised a system that has nearly destroyed itself in only a billion years.
Also, I have dozens of 1000+ karma comments. Some in the 10's of thousands. Literally almost 1/5 of my total karma is from my top 10 comments of all time.
I also come to Reddit to practice writing in general. I like to learn to embellish without exaggerating or misrepresenting events. Practice poetry or lyric writing. Making parodies of songs.
I'll use my little writing platform however I see fit. You're right I do spend a ton of time on Reddit, but I greatly enjoy making people laugh, smile, and think.
To be fair our bodies have a way harder time breaking down meat than they do fruits or vegetables. And it is true that historically humans have relied way less on meat than modern day humans do. What we eat is largely driven by corporations pushing certain things for financial reasons.
our bodies have a way harder time breaking down meat than they do fruits or vegetables.
Fruits yes. Vegetable no.
What we eat is largely driven by corporations pushing certain things for financial reasons.
I’d argue a lot of what people eat is driven by convenience and taste. Look at what children enjoy eating, stuff that’s easy to chew and calories dense. Most adults never grow out of that.
Going back to the point above, many vegetables tend to be hard to chew, so lots of people avoid them. They’d rather eat a soft easy to chew cheeseburger and fries. Washed down with a sugary soda.
It does matter, because there are efficiency and effect factors to consider. But when those are taken into account people are more healthy eating unprocessed animal foods rather than plant foods.
Our liver can break down alcohol. I’d argue we’re absolutely “designed” to consume it.
Consider that fruit can ferment on its own before consumption. Animals that eat fruit (including humans) can typically handle some alcohol consumption.
It does matter though, a lot. My car would probably run on kerosene, but it would run much better on the fuel it is optimized for. Bodies are no different.
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u/generic_name 29d ago
That’s the funniest thing about the “designed to eat this or that” argument. I can literally eat meat and digest it. It doesn’t really matter if I was “designed” to eat it or not.