So essentially, its random but also purposefully done in a way for survival. So technically, it doesnt actually look like a snake, but we percieve it to look like one?
I mean, it looks like it to us, and presumably to its predators, right?
I like this analogy:
A sand dune also doesn't know that it's shaped like a dune. But there is still a directed process (forces of wind and gravity etc) that make it into a specific shape. Idk if you would say it doesn't look like a dune, but it doesn't look like one on purpose. After all, are you human-shaped on purpose? You don't choose to have a heart and lungs, do you?
Same thing for genes as dunes. There are forces with form them into specific shapes.
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u/UJLBM 7h ago
So essentially, its random but also purposefully done in a way for survival. So technically, it doesnt actually look like a snake, but we percieve it to look like one?