• iii@mander.xyzEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Maybe make it neurotoxic, add some nicotine? Surely they won’t…

  • BonerMan@ani.socialEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I mean its working, every plant useful to humans is being given the right to stay with us.

    • someacnt_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Well, at least until we meet our eventual demise by hyper-abusing our environment, yeah…

      • loaExMachina@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Mint is a pretty sturdy plant, it can grow in a variety of climates and even get a bit invasive at times. Among the domesticated plants, it might be one of those with the best chance to still strive after humans disappear.

        • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          many consider it a weed. always make sure to plant your mint in a pot (even if you want it in your garden just bury the pot with a little bit of the edge sticking out), do not plant it directly in dirt, though if you do, you’ll never again not have mint in your garden! and your neighbours’ gardens too! :D

  • pinkystew@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    It bothers me how many people think that evolutionary traits are in any way chosen or designed for a specific purpose.

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Selected through continued survival and reproduction. Maybe a more accurate template would be something like, “Awesome, I’ve evolved with [trait] which deters predators!”

    • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Same here. Evolution doesn’t work that way. It’s basically the opposite. Species don’t evolve to solve a problem, they evolve randomly and sometimes that solves a problem for them. Or sometimes, it pushes the species into a very narrow niche where its survival is ensured as long as the current extremely precarious situation they find themselves in doesn’t change.

      • kevin@mander.xyzEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Species don’t evolve to solve a problem, they evolve randomly and sometimes that solves a problem for them.

        Eh… they mutate randomly, and then selection acts. If there is variation that solves a problem, selection will promote that variation.

        Evolution is very much not random, it is a direct consequence of variation and selection. This does not mean that they evolve to solve problems, but problems often drive evolution.