16th
You’ve thought about this before, we need more random noise.
People are obviously ethnically diverse. We can observe this visually. We see that a man with black skin is different from a man who has pink skin. These differences are incontestable.
We can understand these differences and we understand that they arise from the processes of genetic drift/ natural selection/ other evolutionary principles. For example, we can deduce that Northerners have less Melanin in their skin pigmentation because they do not live in an environment where Melanin is required as protection from the sun (I’m heavily summarizing this theory).
These deductions are difficult to make. A serious scientific analysis is required for each observation. Unfortunately, people aren’t always willing to analyse the origin of their own traits along the basis of evolution. This, however, isn’t important for what I want to theorize.
I would just like to make two things clear before I articulate this theory, because refusing to point these things out would be to ignore humanity’s inherent bias. First, it is pertinent to my argument that we acknowledge the fact that if Evolution proves correct, many of our physical traits can be attributed to Evolution. Secondly, we must mention that although a lot is dependant on natural selection, a lot of what we observe may also be random noise. This random noise can be attributed to many sources, one of which is the fact that when two people mate, neither one of them has conducted a full or even partial analysis of the other’s flaws and unfit traits, so a lot is overlooked, and therefore there is a lot of random noise. This is because a full analysis would be inhuman and unethical. The ethics can be discussed at a later point, the point is that there is a lot of random noise.
Now we get to the theory, which some might consider racist. I have not thought about whether or not it’s racist, I don’t care. Thesis statement: If we can determine the source of some visual attributes of humans through analysis of evolutionary trends, should we not be able to do this with mental or emotional human attributes? Humanity is as equally (or maybe even more) diverse when it comes to personalities and different thought processes as it is diverse when it comes to appearance.
This can be shrugged off as just another irrelevant theory. But just for fun, let’s consider the implications of this theory, were it to be true. The first (and most obvious) implication is that evolution will favour those who think and feel in a way that will benefit their fitness, survival, and (most decisively) fecundity. This brings up an entire new array of theories that need to be proven. Are we naturally (evolutionarily) inclined to be concerned about our image and how we present ourselves? Are we naturally inclined to think about categorizing ourselves in socially acceptable groups? Are those who don’t fit the niche of acceptable social categorizations eventually filtered out by natural selection? Does this imply that evolution is making us all more similar to each-other? Is Evolution unifying us? and if so, is random noise what makes us unique? If random noise is the only thing that makes us unique, dsf gfdsg you get the point.
I don’t really know, but it’s fun to think about it. I’m sure everyone has thought about this one before, it’s a good one. But I’ll stop now, because Speculation, seems to me pretty futile.
(WIKIPEDIA:
Melanocytes insert granules of melanin into specialized cellular vesicles called melanosomes. These are then transferred into the other skin cells of the human epidermis. The melanosomes in each recipient cell accumulate atop the cell nucleus, where they protect the nuclear DNA from mutations caused by the ionizing radiation of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. People whose ancestors lived for long periods in the regions of the globe near the equator generally have larger quantities of eumelanin in their skins. This makes their skins brown or black and protects them against high levels of exposure to the sun, which more frequently results in melanomas in lighter skinned people.)
