Evolution FAILS in the Human Body

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If you were taking an engineering class in school and you turned in the human body for your final exam… you would get like, a C+. Or maybe a B- at best. That’s because the human body is full of design flaws. Except they aren’t really design flaws, because the human body wasn’t designed. It was evolved, and it is still evolving. And that means some of our parts don’t work as well as they could, they just work well enough. Here’s a rundown of a few of the human body’s biggest evolutionary fails!

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[besmart]

Your body is perfectly imperfect. Thanks evolution!
What's your favorite/least favorite evolutionary body flaw?

[grimwatcher]

"Surviving isn't about being perfect, it's about being good enough"
When evolution has lower standards than your parents.

[Kylora]

Body: "I am perfectly capable of growing an entirely new human being inside of me."
Also body: "You really think I'm going to actually fix that ankle you sprained 20 years ago? PFFT!"

[omer-mkrs]

Our bodies is like that meme


It's not much, but it's honest work.

[phyro]

“Surviving isn’t about being perfect, it’s about being good enough”
Possibly one of the smartest quotes I’ve ever heard

[Gonzobattalion]

Evolution always reminds of the joke in which two hunters see a bear moving their way. One quickly pulls off his boots. and puts on running shoes. His friend looks at him as says "are you crazy? Even with those shoes, you'll never outrun a bear". His friend replies "I don't need to outrun the bear, I need to outrun YOU".
That's evolution - your variation doesn't need to be the best that can be, it just needs to be better than the others around you.

[TheMladen]

My body is like a temple
... ancient and crumbling
... probably cursed and haunted

[aoarashi]

"Surviving isn't about being perfect, it's about being good enough"
I want that on a T shirt.
That ending is really inspiring.

[amberwolf]

My body is just a plethora of failures. Need glasses, have asthma, allergic to some metals, back problems (spina bifida occulta. My spine just straight up decided not to form properly), depression and anxiety. If I wasn't in modern society I probably wouldn't last lol

[wlfyovi]

I would love to see a video about how an engineer would fix or redesign the human body flaws and how we would look like

[Drecon]

"Guess who doesn't get sinus infections?"
It's squids again, isn't it?

[daveoropesa]

I got teary eyed on the last part of the video. "If you're watching this video, then you are good enough" I needed that today. Thank you very much

[stachu]

(As a man) I'm surprised period pains aren't here. Why is a simple removal of unused cells so painfull?

[pumpkinsproutarts]

Body: gets an infection
Body: heats up to kill the bacteria
Also body: can't survive being a few degrees above 37°c

[thatrocksong]

I think what's also pretty flawed are allergies. "Hey, this peanut could be dangerous for you. Let me just swell up everything so you can't breathe in order to save you"

[Epiccatqueen-unew]

Joe: “If you are watching this, you are good enough”
Me: That’s the nicest and most motivational thing anyone has ever said to me

[aaronseet]

I like how Neil deGrasse Tyson complains about how our sexual organs and urinary tract are intertwined.

"That's like building the bowling alley next to the sewage treatment plant!"

[cyeayttheratking]

Drinks saltwater and dies
Eats caffeine that evolved as a pesticide, and is kept awake

[madison]

“Look at all we can do!”
*picture of man opening pickle jar*

[Yora]

Evolution does not works towards perfection.
Evolution only works towards "Eh, good enough to not go extinct."