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The colorful extravagance of some birds,
the deliberate excessive horns, manes, and tusks of some mammals,
the complex courting behaviour of many animals,
the very existence of sex itself - and by extension all the love songs on the radio, and all the love addled poems ever written -
all likely evolved because of parasites,
because all organisms must run as fast as they can
just to stay in place
- Moises Velasquez-Manoff "an Epidemic of Absence"
I really like the last part and it expressed such a mind bending concept in very few words.
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Originally Posted by PencilPusher View Post
The colorful extravagance of some birds,
the deliberate excessive horns, manes, and tusks of some mammals,
the complex courting behaviour of many animals,
the very existence of sex itself - and by extension all the love songs on the radio, and all the love addled poems ever written -
all likely evolved because of parasites,
because all organisms must run as fast as they can
just to stay in place
- Moises Velasquez-Manoff "an Epidemic of Absence"
I really like the last part and it expressed such a mind bending concept in very few words.

yoooooo im 14 and this is deep
Probably should go take a look at where the quote originates from to understand the context. It's not about animals not dying from parasites, but more about one possible reason for why all animals don't reproduce asexually.
Organisms don't perish because of parasites

That's wrong, and the connection you made about reproduction -> extinction avoidance wasn't the point of the quote. It's genetic variety -> sexual reproduction (which is true). I just really liked the idea of putting ultimate amount of effort just to stay more or less the same, or
because all organisms must run as fast as they can
just to stay in place

And was reminded of this by someone saying:
Everybody I know is running as hard as they can just to stand still. It would be a profound comfort to know there was such a thing as Law.

The above quote would be harder to explain considering the level of reading comprehension I'm seeing here.


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