Friday, August 2, 2013

Summer at the Arboretum


Wisteria at the Penn State Arboretum. Photo by Ellen Weiss

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful! But of no value to my escaping from predators, and indeed if I stand and gaze admiringly at such a photo, I might be distracted and actually caught by a predator!

    Of no food value either.

    So why would we have a sense of beauty? Do we need a Darwinian selective explanation? If so, why? Could there even be such an explanation? That's interesting to think about.

    But it's more interesting (and pleasing) just to look at!

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