Recently I had a deep and long discussion with a teenager that touched several unrelated topics such as photosynthesis, human (mind) evolution, and the consistency of laws of physics in our universe.
First of all, this kind of talk I will choose over the "small talk" any day. It was awesome.
Secondly, the discussion encouraged me to refresh my knowledge and even learn new things. I got to browsing.
Thus I have learned (or remembered - difficult to say now) that even plants with red leaves have normal green chloroplasts. Just with additional red pigment anthocyanin that supposedly help plants to protect against harsh sun.
Also, I have (re)learned about neoteny in humans. Wow. This thing explains a lot!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny_in_humans
It seems neoteny was (and perhaps still is) one of the major factors of quick and powerful evolution of human brains and high thinking, and thus human civilization.
I should probably look up for the theories of "consistent laws" of the universe next...
#deeptopics #knowledge #neoteny #chlorophyll