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Charles Darwin had a big problem with peacocks, and it shows just how insightful he was in

understanding, even without knowing that genetics existed, even without understanding that DNA

could be a thing, how insightful he was about his principles of evolution.

Because after figuring out the obvious but previously unstated fact that creatures are

more likely to reproduce if they fit into the environment, he had a real problem with

peacocks, and the problem is this.

Being a peacock is sort of stupid, because you're attracting predators, because you're wasting

an enormous amount of energy growing your plumage, because it's hard to walk around with

all of those feathers.

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