James Dreben Apr 30, 2023

#ELI5 Why is water see through?

I'd never thought about it like this. Wow.

Show threadHugh Young-BishApr 30, 2023
@Jdreben
"specially made" suggests special creation.
I'd say "because the only eyes that were any use were the ones that could see through water (that could see the kind of light that goes through water). The creatures in the sea that could see their food and see enemies coming for them were the ones that survived, compared to their relations that couldn't."
Show threadJames Dreben May 1, 2023
@hugh Yeah this is a good correction.
Show threadHugh Young-Bish
@Jdreben
Thanks. It's a heavy message that there are no purposes in nature. (Only some kind of mind can formulate a purpose.) Nothing evolved "in order to" anything, it has always been that what(ever) worked better in that time and place survived better, reproduced more, and replaced what didn't work so well, with no intention involved.
May 1, 2023 at 6:46pmWeb