The issue is precisely in your mix up of “linear progression” and implying “smaller” is somehow a counter argument to that. While it’s true evolution isn’t linear, being smaller is not a downgrade at all.
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Glowstick@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe title and the meme are correct. Many people think that evolution means becoming bigger and physically stronger and having more powerful offensive capabilities and smarter and faster etc. But in reality evolution can just as easily mean becoming smaller, weaker, dumber, and slower
kadu@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Glowstick@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I haven’t mixed up anything. Smaller to bigger to smaller again is not a linear progression in size going always upward, which is what happens in games and in people’s misconceptions.
MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Exhibit A:
Koala bears.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Exhibit B: human
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Hey evolution has decided at least one person I know is gonna become the start of a line of Neo-Neanderthals. So we aint all doomed.