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9884033 No.9884033 [Reply] [Original]

why does studying evolution even matter? seems to be a waste of time, just like astronomy?

>> No.9884034

>>9884033
you need to understand the past to interpret the future

>> No.9884039

Studying anything is a waste of time, you'll become dust in the end.

But I agree that it's probably better to study molecular biology or genetics instead of evolution, since it can give you better answers than just trying to guess how it happened.

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9884042

i mean sci is pretty much b now right

>> No.9884046

>>9884033
You're a retard. Directed evolution is the hottest shit in drug discovery right now.

>> No.9884048

>>9884034
how do you interpret the future, if you don't even know what will happen?

>> No.9884049

>>9884042
what is this tanned gentleman doing with the white women? why are they naked? this is gross! delete it now!

>> No.9884053

>>9884046
i'm talking about bird beaks and humanzees and that
not trial and error selection of best protein or drug

>> No.9884055

>>9884048
when you understand how life developed you can make suggestion on how it will develop in the future.
it will not be accurate but you could guess a general direction.
better then nothing.

>> No.9884058

>>9884055
but if it is not accurate, and you know that it is not accurate, then what is the point
for what purpose?

>> No.9884073

People should study more about why brainlets think like this.

>> No.9884077

>>9884042
this is pure art. only a brainlet would look at something like this and think: "that does not belong on our board!" and then delete it like like some uncultured neanderthal.

>> No.9884098

>>9884042
more like /x/ tbqh

>> No.9884184

>>9884058
>general direction
>better then nothing
i already answered that

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>>9884048
Pic related

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>>9884033
>i don't understand this and it doesn't seem immediately anthropocentric! it must be a waste of resources! i win!

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>>9884033
To learn about our far ancestors :)

>> No.9884229

>>9884033
>why does studying evolution even matter? seems to be a waste of time, just like astronomy?
What is the point in studying anything? Studying is for fucking nerds and fags. The only thing worth doing is drinking and masturbating.

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>pic related
literally everyone in this thread baka

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>>9884447
;)
/sci/ should be renames /brainlet/

>> No.9884466

>>9884197
> Help OP and tell him why i think he's wrong
or
> tell him he's retarded

i forgot why i don't come here often

>> No.9884684

>>9884033
autists need something to do to justify getting paid.

>> No.9884861

>>9884033
>astronmy
>waste of time
kill yourself underaged brainlet

>> No.9884956

>>9884861
give me one good reason to seriously spend billions of dollars on space research

>> No.9884967

>>9884033
well people studying evolution give ideas to geneticists who come up with more ideas for molecular biologists and they work with chemists to design things that target a DNA sequence or RNA or a protein and then you have medicine

>> No.9884971

>>9884967
> objectively false
nice pseudo-intelligent phrasing there brainlet

>> No.9884988

>>9884956
That's literally our only fucking job in this universe, you disgraceful twathole.
Look, we've been given the gift of intelligence (strong intelligence, "not rat doing tricks" intelligence), it'd be a waste of such incredible power to just live like normal animals, that is, born, grow, reproduce, die. Thus, we need to explore as much as we can and learn as much as possible, pushing our limits as far as we can, until we hit a barrier.
Also, you might never know, but we could find a way of colonizing other places in the universe and prolong our existence time (as you might know, the sun will die someday and Earth won't last forever with us consuming it like we do).
My point is, if knowledge doesn't get you excited, then you shouldn't be browsing a science and math board in the first place, because that's what science literally means: knowledge. No matter what kind of knowledge it is.

>> No.9884991

>>9884971
what?
I wrote my thesis on genetics and alternative splicing.

>> No.9885086

>>9884033

Everything is a waste of time.

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>>9884033
Historical evolutionary biology is sort of like fundamental particle physics. It's basic science, which isn't necessarily done because we know beforehand what technological or medical innovations it will lead to. The insights gathered from developing the techniques necessary to study it, will provide the groundwork for a lot of more directly "socially or economically relevant" science.

In the same way that the Large Hadron Collider (or alot of space and astronomy related science) had many engineering challenges that had to be solved, which led to innovations in engineering, optics, telecommunications, materials science, and manufacturing, doing basic research in evolutionary biology comes with having to overcome challenges which lead to innovations in biotechnology, medicine and so on.

There might not be any immediate benefit to knowing how exactly extant birds relate to dinosaurs (besides the pleasure that comes from thinking about history and how it all came to be the way it is today), but finding out that birds are related to dinosaurs took developing techniques in geology, biochemistry and so on that in turn have found application in medicine, forensics, pharmaceuticals etc. How these things lead to useful innovations in the future can't be reliably predicted, but the fact that they do is one of the reasons it is worth doing.

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>>9884956
Intellectual satisfaction that comes with knowing, and coming to think of new questions to ask. That in it self is worth it.

>> No.9885341

>>9884033

Take this logic to its conclusion: all human endeavor is ultimately meaningless, and science is bereft of real value, in the long term, where it really counts.

(hint: you're right, but only once you acknowledge that the other more "valuable" fields you may have had in mind are also worthless).

>> No.9885800

>>9884033
>seems to be a waste of my brainlet time
It would be, which is why you don't do it.