If We Evolved On Earth Then Why Does Our Sun Hurt Our Eyes

If Sol is the sun that humans evolved beneath...then why aren't our bodies suited for it? Why do we squint from the light from our own sun. And why does mere exposure to our sun burn our skin and cause deadly mutations in the form of cancer. How does that even make sense...to have evolved so that our environment is toxic to us?

originally posted by: MissSmartypants
If Sol is the sun that humans evolved beneath...then why aren't our bodies suited for it? Why do we squint from the light from our own sun. And why does mere exposure to our sun burn our skin and cause deadly mutations in the form of cancer. How does that even make sense...to have evolved so that our environment is toxic to us?

You already know the answer to this question.

Everything was perfectly made to an imperfect design specification. And for a very good reason(s). How many will get it? Not a majority.

a reply to: MissSmartypants
We evolved. We invented sunglasses and clothes to protect ourselves from the sun without losing the ability to process vitamin D.

Evolution does not mean perfection.
It means survival long enough to reproduce. No more. No less.


On the other hand, did God screw up?

a reply to: MissSmartypants

theres literally millions of things that can kill us on this planet... including things in our own bodies

the sun is actually the least of our problems...

our bodies are very suited to it, we get Vit D from the sun... our eyes can block a certain amount of incoming light from it...

but its probably not a great idea to camp out in the dead of the heat... or stare directly at the sun

I mean its a gigantic flaming ball of hydrogen...

WE evolved in a toxic environment which made us stronger... but what the alternative?

the bible?

Life first evolved in an environment that would kill everything on earth today. The conditions on this planet have fluctuated enormously over the 4.5 billion years it’s been in existence.

a reply to: MissSmartypants

Probably for the same reason we cook with heat yet that very same heat will burn the crap out of us....

I think that humans are only diurnal animals that cannot withstand prolonged exposure to the Sun. Our skin is way to sensitive. Same thing with cold. Very strange indeed...

a reply to: alomaha



I had to put a beloved cat down because he developed skin cancer. From the sun.

Direct sunlight makes me sneeze, I think that I must be allergic to the sun.
I must be an alien or just really white.

a reply to: weirdguy

Here's a thought.
Don't look directly at the Sun.

a reply to: weirdguy

That is actually a natural body reaction. I forget what the name of it is, but I remember someone telling me about it one time.

a reply to: Phage
I thought that rule was just for an eclipse? The sun looks pretty cool through my binoculars.

a reply to: MissSmartypants

I guess it's the same question as if we evolved from the sea why does the sea kill us.

a reply to: gortex

The sea doesn't kill people...

originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: gortex

The sea doesn't kill people...

guns kill people...

a reply to: Phage

People who have died at sea would probably disagree.

a reply to: gortex

Their own damned fault. Unless you think the sea has an agenda.

a reply to: Phage

I wouldn't rule it out , the sea is a cruel mistress.

a reply to: MissSmartypants

Yeah and why can’t we breath under water... and fly... and swim in lava?

Answer that you Darwin fanboys