• naught@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    No idea! Itā€™s important not to ascribe purpose or intent to beneficial but random mutations. It must do something. Like youā€™re saying, more pollinators or scare away pests etc. Somehow it is evolutionarily beneficial for reproducing with the additional benefit of being sick af

    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 months ago

      Or just random coincidence out of millions of different plants and it didnā€™t do anything to harm the plant from spreading.

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        7 months ago

        No, they said not to ascribe a purpose, but that it obviously has purpose. Those are not the same thing. There is purpose, but we should not presume to understand or identify said purpose.