From Iron Chariots Wiki Revision as of 14:58, 20 August 2006 by
L1soul The banana argument is a variation on the argument from
design, saying that some things are the way they are because
they were designed especially for our pleasure and comfort. Note
that the banana: - Is shaped for human hand - Has non-slip
surface - Has outward indicators of inward content: - Green-too
early, - Yellow-just right, - Black-too late. - Has a tab for
removal of wrapper - Is perforated on wrapper - Bio-degradable
wrapper - Is shaped for human mouth - Has a point at top for
ease of entry - Is pleasing to taste buds - Is curved towards
the face to make eating process easy - The bananas that we eat
today were specifically bred by humans to be a size that we
like. Natural bananas are much smaller. This is a bit like
Douglas Adams' analogy of a puddle thinking that the hole it's
in was perfectly designed to contain the puddle. - The fact that
a banana fits perfectly in our hand says a lot more about the
evolution of hands than it d