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Piwin -> RE: The Sophistication of Flamenco Guitar (May 27 2016 21:17:38)
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And for what it's worth, evolution did take a wrong turn at the dawn of homo sapien - look at the state of the planet since we got here!
It's a funny thing that over 100 years after Darwin, people, including some scientists, still have a hard time shaking the idea that there is a "direction" or an "arrow" to evolution, despite the endless attempts of those knowledgeable in that field to convince otherwise. I don't know of any respected biologists today that believe that evolution goes only from simple to complex, that we are somehow the pinnacle of previous evolutions, or that there is such a thing as a wrong turn in evolutionary terms. Evolution is just about adaptation to circumstances, nothing more. No good, no bad, no better, nor worse. If you want to make a parallel with something else than music, I'd suggest not doing it with biological evolution, unless you're prepared to think along the lines that no music is better or worse than it used to be, it's just different as it has adapted and the rest is a matter of taste, nothing else. Anyways, this discussion IMHO is not general at all, should be in the off-topic section, so perhaps come back with those same ideas when the off-topic section is up and running again? It's an interesting discussion, it's just not one that will be able to stay on topic for very long.
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