Why food is tasteful

[outhouse]

did find this from the link above.

Scientists warned that eating wild cats could expose humans to harmful bacteria and toxins.

 

[FearGod]

And of course, (just adding to your point) some people do eat cat.

China and Korea are nations that currently consume cat, and probably some other places.

Maybe the taste of cats is good but for others it is nasty,but still the question is valid and which is.

Have we evolved to taste foods as to be delicious ?

Did it happen by random mutation,Yes or No

 

[outhouse]

Maybe the taste of cats is good but for others it is nasty,but still the question is valid and which is.

Have we evolved to taste foods as to be delicious ?

I already told you we evolved with these traits.

 

[Agnostic75]

Edit: Deletion of duplicate post.

 

[FearGod]

I already told you we evolved with these traits.

So by random mutation and it was fixed.

Are we talking about science here or just a guesswork,in other words do you accept evolution as random mutations & natural selections just blindly similar to the creationists that believe it to be planned by God instead.

 

[outhouse]

So by random mutation and it was fixed.

Are we talking about science here or just a guesswork,in other words do you accept evolution as random mutations & natural selections just blindly similar to the creationists that believe it to be planned by God instead.

Not random mutation. There is more to biology and evolution then that.


You should not be debating something you know nothing about. You should have your nose in a book learning first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

Evolution is the change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins

 

[Agnostic75]

How you can explain it by random mutation and natural selection?

Theistic evolution is not random, it has been directed by God over millions of years.

Michael Behe, Ph.D., biochemistry, says:

"For example, both humans and chimps have a broken copy of a gene that in other mammals helps make vitamin C. ... It's hard to imagine how there could be stronger evidence for common ancestry of chimps and humans. ... Despite some remaining puzzles, there’s no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives.” The Edge of Evolution, pp 71–2.

Do you agree with Behe? He is a Christian.

I do not have any idea why so many theists attack Charles Darwin since when he wrote "On the Origin of Species," he was a theist, not an atheist. When he discovered that all life forms are related, I assume that he was very surprised about why God took so long to create many life forms. An omnipotent God would not have to take that long to create life.

 

[FearGod]

Theistic evolution is not random, it has been directed by God over millions of years.

Michael Behe, Ph.D., biochemistry, says:

"For example, both humans and chimps have a broken copy of a gene that in other mammals helps make vitamin C. ... It's hard to imagine how there could be stronger evidence for common ancestry of chimps and humans. ... Despite some remaining puzzles, there’s no reason to doubt that Darwin had this point right, that all creatures on earth are biological relatives.” The Edge of Evolution, pp 71–2.

Do you agree with Behe? He is a Christian.

I do not have any idea why so many theists attack Charles Darwin since when he wrote "On the Origin of Species," he was a theist, not an atheist. When he discovered that all life forms are related, I assume that he was very surprised about why God took so long to create many life forms. An omnipotent God would not have to take that long to create life.

Yes i believe that creation evolved with the supervision of the creator.

There is no relation between omnipotent and the time needed for doing one job.

In other words if i say i can do anything i want,that don't mean i can do things in Zero time.

 

[Agnostic75]

Yes I believe that creation evolved with the supervision of the creator.

Then you already know how humans acquired a taste for food, so why did you start this thread?

What about the possibility that aliens started life on earth?

 

[FearGod]

Then you already know how humans acquired a taste for food, so why did you start this thread?

To see how others think and the best reply i got is "read a book to know how the taste feature developed in humans".

What about the possibility that aliens started life on earth?

What makes you to think so ?

 

[Zanuku]

How it improves survival chances.

We eat to survive,thats it,then why it made enjoyable.

Going with what RiverWolf said, that's pretty much the main reason.
It it smells bad and tastes bad, it's probably not going to agree with you.
If it smells good and tastes good, we need MORE of it.

(Obviously not the case with modern cheeseburgers and chocolate raisins, despite their overpowering deliciousness)

 

[AndromedaRXJ]

if random mutation & natural selection,then i don't see a delicious food is necessary for survival as feeling hungary is enough to look for something to eat.

Same reason there's physical pain and physical pleasure.

Touch something that's harmful = feels pain = possibly dangerous = don't touch again.

Tastes something that's bad = bad taste = possibly poison = don't try to eat again.

Good and bad taste increases our chances of picking healthy foods over bad foods. Note I said "increases our chances" so you don't nitpick and say that some good things taste bad and vice versa.

 

[FearGod]

Same reason there's physical pain and physical pleasure.

Touch something that's harmful = feels pain = possibly dangerous = don't touch again.

Tastes something that's bad = bad taste = possibly poison = don't try to eat again.

Good and bad taste increases our chances of picking healthy foods over bad foods. Note I said "increases our chances" so you don't nitpick and say that some good things taste bad and vice versa.

It is OK if just taste good,but foods taste delicious with a variety of flavours.

Not that simple as you described it.

 

[Riverwolf]

So by random mutation and it was fixed.

Are we talking about science here or just a guesswork,in other words do you accept evolution as random mutations & natural selections just blindly similar to the creationists that believe it to be planned by God instead.

It's observable. No need to blindly accept anything.

For the record, natural selection isn't random.

 

[FearGod]

It's observable. No need to blindly accept anything.

For the record, natural selection isn't random.

i know natural selection isn't random but mutation is.

 

[Agnostic75]

What makes you to think so ?

Do you have evidence that it is not reasonably possible that aliens exist somewhere in the universe, and that at least some of them have learned how to travel great distances in space, and have been to the earth?

Why must there be only one God?

 

[Riverwolf]

i know natural selection isn't random but mutation is.

Accepting that genetic mutations exist with each subsequent generation logically leads to the concept of natural selection being legit.

 

[chinu]

Eating food for hunger is equal to.. Man eating the food.
Eating food for taste is equal to.. food eating the man.


Its up to one to choose whatever.

 

[Poeticus]

Eating food for hunger is equal to.. Man eating the food.
Eating food for taste is equal to.. food eating the man.


Its up to one to choose whatever.

Namaste,

Out of all the posts I have read from you, this one is the best. I gave you a frubal because I admired this post a lot. Very lovely couplet, in my opinion. Good post, Chinu.

 

[chinu]

Namaste,

Out of all the posts I have read from you, this one is the best. I gave you a frubal because I admired this post a lot. Very lovely couplet, in my opinion. Good post, Chinu.

Ah! but you break your promise for giving me frubal.

Anyways, Thank you, Varun ji.