Evolution balances the Baby-bearers?

On December 12, 2007 in In the News, Science Related

Baby-bearing Momma’s are an enigma? Well, according to some super-genius scientists on CNN.com’s recent article, “Evolution keeps pregnant women upright.“

You know, these little false-attributions just make me giggle. Say, Mr. Scientist, does evolution keep me upright when I walk down a hill, adjusting my weight backwards so as not to skid down in a violent belly-flop-fashion?

Since when do we attribute common-sense to some non-material force of the mysterious past that cannot really be tested? Aren’t scientific-claims suppose to be testable, etc? How the heck do you test statements like, “Evolution gave you a gum-ball”?

“That’s a big load that’s pulling you forward,” said Liza Shapiro, an Anthropologist at the University of Texas. Um, yeah…so is the Beer-gut on my Uncle Rodney, big deal!

Allow me a moment to cast my lot into the mix and share how I think women are able to carry a child, and do so without attributing it to some super-mysterious force of the non-observable past.

As your body changes, you adjust to the changes. This isn’t simply a rule of body-changes, but a rule of practically everything. At one time you couldn’t swim, yet you slowly learned to move your arms and legs in a motion that kept you afloat. At one time you couldn’t ride a bike, or hit a baseball, but as you continued to endure the attempts, you slowly acquired the ability.

It’s seems ridiculously obvious to me, as it should to anybody, that a mother can carry a child for the same reason I can carry a backpack. When a new influence is introduced into your environment, you adjust to accommodate it. If a fire breaks out, you stop walking and start crawling. If the room becomes flooded, you stop standing and start swimming.

This seems like another stupid attempt to attribute a common-sense accommodation to an unobservable force.

How do you think they would feel if I answered the question with “God did it.” Because that is essentially what they’re doing, but with their god instead of mine.

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