On: Sticky alpine flower confirms Darwin's 150-year-old carnivorous plant prediction

[dgently7]

step 1 invent science step 2 iteratively use it until you can prove a 150 year old theory about plant that eats bugs for nitrogen.

hard not to think its so cool that we have the capability to do stuff like this.

[skeezyboi → dgently7]

did Darwin ever define fitness beyond survival? it doesnt seem to have any predictive power if you have to see what dies and survives before you can say if theyre fit or not

[adrianN → skeezyboi]

The important part is not survival, it’s passing on your genes. Rocks are very good at survival, but most are poor at passing on their structure.

[skeezyboi → adrianN]

but its still not predictive at all, you still have to wait and see what passed on it genes before you can say a trait is beneficial