tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post3712780390802157864..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Guest Post: ‘Avatar’ and the Evolutionary Discussions in FranceSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-25396634720633743942010-02-02T01:34:42.093-05:002010-02-02T01:34:42.093-05:00Thanks for the comment.
Yes, that's at the sa...Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />Yes, that's at the same time the whole debate and the object of an important line of new research. People are debating or at least correcting the view that "evolution is totally random", which of course is only half the theory, the other half being the environmental conditions which select the advantageous traits and which are then subject to the pre-existing laws of nature. <br /><br />It is also important to point out the recent line of research attempting to explore the physical mechanisms underlying evolution or at least morphogenesis (Fleury in France, Gordon in Canada, Newman in Arizon, etc.) which might explain, among other things, why most animals (and the Na'vis) ended up with four limbs...Nidhal Guessoumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638764091228065424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-18429372003695165882010-02-01T22:17:50.907-05:002010-02-01T22:17:50.907-05:00Watching the Avatar creatures, I laughed at the sh...Watching the Avatar creatures, I laughed at the sheer improbability. Yeah, yeah, alien world comes with freaky physics. Really? *snort*<br /><br />The animators are to be applauded for making the anatomically improbable happen. There is a reason why a horse has only 4 legs and not 6 and that has everything to do with form meeting function. <br /><br />But then, adhering to basic anatomical and physiological rules won't make for a wondrous world, would it?Snuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09712374144317934980noreply@blogger.com