Dirty_Hertz t1_iudns9v wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Reply to comment by AbouBenAdhem in Is the eyesight of small animals like mice and snakes as poor as ours would be if our retinas were the size of theirs? by AbouBenAdhem

One thing you are kind of approaching here is the fact that evolution has no "purpose" other than increasing fitness with the tools it has available (previous adaptations and random mutations).

It's possible that bird eyes would be more advantageous than ours, but we diverged from them long ago and going back would be pretty difficult with potentially no useful steps in between

FrumundaCheeseGoblin t1_iuds7pj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Also, evolution doesn't result in "perfection". It results in "good enough".

gphrost t1_iueanah wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:57 PM

That's a fun thought experiment. I'm sure there are well thought out theories. What would happen with a long enough amount of time? Just cycles of different eco-forms, or would it culminate into the "perfect" living creature