@SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agoJustifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another unnecessary thing... what logical fallacy is that?message-square113arrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareJustifying one thing because it's a necessary component of another unnecessary thing... what logical fallacy is that?@SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square113
minus-square@idiomaddictlinkfedilink2•7 months agoThat’s debatable, I feel like spiders design their webs.
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agodo they understand they might try other patterns, and actively choose the one they use?
minus-square@idiomaddictlinkfedilink2•7 months agoI don’t know what their cognitive processes are, but it seems unlikely they do. It still sounds perfectly normal to me to say the following: “Spider webs are designed to be safe for the spider, but still trap as much potential prey as possible.” Does that really hit your ear (eye) wrong?
minus-square@commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•7 months agoyes. i would talk about the evolutionary pressures that have shaped the behavior of the organism. i wouldn’t impart volition to them.
Milk is actually designed! It’s super cool
design implies a designer.
The mother designs it.
design takes volition.
That’s debatable, I feel like spiders design their webs.
do they understand they might try other patterns, and actively choose the one they use?
I don’t know what their cognitive processes are, but it seems unlikely they do. It still sounds perfectly normal to me to say the following:
“Spider webs are designed to be safe for the spider, but still trap as much potential prey as possible.”
Does that really hit your ear (eye) wrong?
yes. i would talk about the evolutionary pressures that have shaped the behavior of the organism. i wouldn’t impart volition to them.
How would you phrase it? (Honest question)