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::: Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ::: Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
::::Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ::::Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? [[User:Barikada|Barikada]] 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
| + | ::::: You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, [[Fall of man|fallen]], world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT) | ||
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Perhaps the evolutionary usefulness of vomiting would have a place here? Barikada 20:31, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- What evolutionary usefulness does it have, as opposed to other sorts of usefulness? That is, how does vomiting help evolution? Philip J. Rayment 20:41, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- It's an adaptation, genius. If you eat poisoned food and you can't vomit, you're dead. If you eat poisoned food, your body catches it and forces you to vomit, then you're more likely to live. It's not foolproof by any means, but it's better than nothing. Incidentally, this is also why seeing others vomit makes us nauseous. Barikada 20:43, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? Philip J. Rayment 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? Barikada 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- You perhaps forget (assuming you knew enough about the subject to begin with) that what we have today is not the perfect world that God created, but a degenerate, fallen, world, where some things are worse than was originally created. I'm not certain that's the explanation, but it's a likely one. Philip J. Rayment 21:58, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Would anything intelligent create a system that involves searing one's own flesh with acid? Barikada 21:44, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- Okay, I'll accept that. But then what evidence is there that it is an evolutionary adaptation rather than a design feature? Philip J. Rayment 20:55, 10 March 2008 (EDT)
- It's an adaptation, genius. If you eat poisoned food and you can't vomit, you're dead. If you eat poisoned food, your body catches it and forces you to vomit, then you're more likely to live. It's not foolproof by any means, but it's better than nothing. Incidentally, this is also why seeing others vomit makes us nauseous. Barikada 20:43, 10 March 2008 (EDT)