Just a Thought

I just finished reading the introduction and part one of our book "Natures Operating Instructions", and it gave me something to think about for sure. The combining of the biologists and the engineers is an idea that should be looked into more and more in the future. Even now, when you look around at the machinery some engineer has designed, you can see nature in it, whether or not that is intentional is up in the air. But something as simple as a flipper you put on your foot to go diving with, I'm pretty sure no person can coin that design as theirs. It was taken from the natural design of the fin on a fish, or the foot of a water fowl. So when one looks around at nature, its necessary to think about why the processes and designs around them are there. This goes back to the Darwin theory of evolution, things evolved to adapt to their environments, or they perished. So, just as a thought, maybe we as humans could do the same thing. Learn to adapt to what we have for resources. Now, I'm not saying that we can compare ourselves to other animals in nature, because we cant, not by any stretch. But what we can do is think about where our place is in the world, what our niche is as a species, and not just as individuals. That is a very broad generalization, I know, but its an idea non the less. And maybe it will never completely come true, but goals are important for success. You shoot for one big goal by making small ones along the way, and you work with what you have, not what you wish you did. Just a thought.