It seemed likely that the parts we don't understand likely served some purpose; assuming they were junk because we don't understand their function is like a user deleting random system files because they "don't use them."
it's so stupid to assume they were junk. but it's by no means lonely as an example.
Merely limiting the tremendous stupidity of the human race (in the long run, collectively) to science (when there's plenty more in other fields), this is just more part of human arrogance that has brought us other myopic spectacular fuck ups as:
Earth is the center of universe (at pain of death, no less); We can introduce a new predatory species to a virgin ecosystem to control an existing pest; Aliens can't possibly exist as we are clearly the best God could create; We understand all physics and all reality and therefore even if the incredible impossibility of aliens existing were true, they couldn't possible ever visit us from other solar systems because we can't figure out how their doing so could be consistent with the equations of physics we devised; ancient people's are so incredibly primitive compared to us today, they must of only had inferior methods of almost everything; despite being so inferior to us, they created multiple megalithic monuments (primitively, of course), because we are clearly so superior to anything else that could possibly exist there could never have been other human or non-human civilizations on this planet doing stuff we still can't...
A disappointing collectivist conformity on hyperdrip into the mainline of what should be global creative scientific endeavor on this planet is instead a monument to our collective stupidity, ignorance and anthropocentric, self aggrandizing myopia.
Hopefully that self-limiting arrogance is a genetic trait we will soon evolve out of....as long as people keep reproducing!!!
Another day, another person accusing scientists of arrogance without knowing shit about what they are talking about.
> it's so stupid to assume they were junk.
They didn't. "Everyone Thought X but actually Y" is popular science speak for "nobody thought X but we want to talk about Y so let's pretend for a moment."
> A disappointing collectivist conformity
Clickbait sucks, but I wouldn't call it collectivist, the opposite if anything.
> self-limiting arrogance is a genetic trait we will soon evolve out of
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keepamovin|1 year ago
it's so stupid to assume they were junk. but it's by no means lonely as an example.
Merely limiting the tremendous stupidity of the human race (in the long run, collectively) to science (when there's plenty more in other fields), this is just more part of human arrogance that has brought us other myopic spectacular fuck ups as:
Earth is the center of universe (at pain of death, no less); We can introduce a new predatory species to a virgin ecosystem to control an existing pest; Aliens can't possibly exist as we are clearly the best God could create; We understand all physics and all reality and therefore even if the incredible impossibility of aliens existing were true, they couldn't possible ever visit us from other solar systems because we can't figure out how their doing so could be consistent with the equations of physics we devised; ancient people's are so incredibly primitive compared to us today, they must of only had inferior methods of almost everything; despite being so inferior to us, they created multiple megalithic monuments (primitively, of course), because we are clearly so superior to anything else that could possibly exist there could never have been other human or non-human civilizations on this planet doing stuff we still can't...
A disappointing collectivist conformity on hyperdrip into the mainline of what should be global creative scientific endeavor on this planet is instead a monument to our collective stupidity, ignorance and anthropocentric, self aggrandizing myopia.
Hopefully that self-limiting arrogance is a genetic trait we will soon evolve out of....as long as people keep reproducing!!!
schmidtleonard|1 year ago
> it's so stupid to assume they were junk.
They didn't. "Everyone Thought X but actually Y" is popular science speak for "nobody thought X but we want to talk about Y so let's pretend for a moment."
> A disappointing collectivist conformity
Clickbait sucks, but I wouldn't call it collectivist, the opposite if anything.
> self-limiting arrogance is a genetic trait we will soon evolve out of
Eugenics? Really? Over this?