2007-07-12 17:24:02 · 9 answers · asked by Karasu 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
No - that's why there's adaptation and evolution.
If everything were perfect, then nothing would change.
Granted, humans play a large part in making nature imperfect. That is, we impose all sorts of restrictions like pollution and population pressure that nature normally wouldn't have to face. In the world we create, nature is not perfect and doesn't really have a good chance to be, since we're destroying it faster than it can evolve any defenses.
Either way, it's still fine to appreciate and be inspired by nature. It's done some awesome things - the Grand Canyon, the Everglades, the Himalayas, etc. I'd say land formations have the greatest potential to be perfect in that they don't really have to evolve to survive. So, unpolluted environments are closest to perfection in my mind.
All this is trying to be unbiased; I actually think all organisms are cool in the ways they've developed to survive. Like parthenogenesis, mimicry, using iron as an electron acceptor, etc.
2007-07-12 17:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sci Fi Insomniac 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That depends on your definition of what constitutes perfect. The fact that nature has existed as a living system for millenia without self destructing could be considered perfect. However, in order for the system to exist, nature experiments with different organisms. Some succeed and some don't, but because of climate and geological changes, that is how it has to be. Changing to fit the environment is vital and nature as a whole has succeeded in meeting those changes. It's only individual species that fail.
2007-07-12 17:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by hwinnum 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, nature is not perfect. It is constantly changing in order to survive in the environment. If nature was perfect, it wouldn't have to change all the time
2007-07-12 20:06:57 · answer #3 · answered by RandomChick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Constant adaptation is what makes nature perfect.
2015-03-10 16:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Dave 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in my opinion anything that was made by god is perfect in his eyes and hence being a christian is perfect in my eyes also. In his image we are all perfect and all things are perfect, including nature.
2007-07-12 17:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by ilovedenverbroncos 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes, man has done nothing to improve on nature. nature ran perfectly before man and will run perfectly after man is gone.
2007-07-12 17:42:12 · answer #6 · answered by oldguy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you perfect? the answer is no
2007-07-12 17:25:49 · answer #7 · answered by Jay 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not even close
2007-07-12 17:26:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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YES!
2007-07-12 17:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋