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  • but that’s an analysis a human scientist is making. not the quokka

    This is an important distinction to make in general regarding science communication about evolution. Far too often, the evolutionary process is anthropomorphized, adding confusion to the scientifically illiterate. I watched a documentary once where some biologists were in the Amazon, noticed a brightly colored fish, and opined to the camera “why would evolution do this?” That is a terrible way to communicate a scientific curiosity.