FrumundaCheeseGoblin t1_iuds7pj wrote on October 30, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Reply to comment by Dirty_Hertz in Is the eyesight of small animals like mice and snakes as poor as ours would be if our retinas were the size of theirs? by AbouBenAdhem

Also, evolution doesn't result in "perfection". It results in "good enough".

gphrost t1_iueanah wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:57 PM

That's a fun thought experiment. I'm sure there are well thought out theories. What would happen with a long enough amount of time? Just cycles of different eco-forms, or would it culminate into the "perfect" living creature