My odd and random thoughts...

At times I get these random and obscure train of thoughts that are normally inspired via external events/surroundings that occur, and as of late I have been taking notes of them otherwise I tend to forget. Today's random thought process happened whilst driving home from work to which I witnessed a horse reacting (very fluently I might add) to a sheep which no doubt had made it jump... mistakenly I presumed. However what I found fascinating about this particular event was the speed it was able to move.

 Now from what I understand is that this high speed reaction would have been mastered through an evolutionary process to increase the chances of survival, and due to the large physical structure of a horse, it's large muscles can react alongside this evolutionary advantage to form explosive movements in a life threatening situation. Nonetheless the quick reflexes of a horse are not just merely horse specific, the same reactions can be observed in smaller mammals who contrary to that of a horse have much smaller physical frames but are more or less capable of moving with perfect fluidity in compromising situations -  thus concluding the clear influence of evolution. But what really struck me was why do humans not possess these physical attributes?

When you think about it humans are unable to physically perform in a way that can almost guarantee their safety in a life or death situation (when have you ever seen a dog trip over when running away?). There are so many variables to consider for humans; such as their body type, whether or not they are active, if medically they can react fast enough, and their mentality at the time (if they are angry, sad, scared, or stubborn can all promote different reactions) these are only some of many factors that could influence our performance.

I find it strange that we do not have these abilities because at one time our primitive ancestors had to defend and hunt for survival (just like every other creature) and from what I can guess we would have been pretty disadvantaged, especially before the growth of our mental capabilities. I also believe that in a way maybe we lacked this exceptionally fast neural conductivity because more was dedicated towards the development of our brains (which without we would not be the most dominant species in the food chain). So even without physical advantages such as speed we still survived and evolved successfully.


 Another angle could be that our need for such fast reactions has just gradually diminished and become some-what obsolete as a result of an increase of implemented security precautions within modern day society - I mean who needs to hunt when you can pick up the phone and get food delivered to your house? So laziness paired with today's practicality could equal a reduction in survival mechanisms.



Anyways these are the kind of things that I find myself questioning, I would be doing something, and BAM some random thought will come into my head. But now that I have chosen to reflect upon these thoughts through noting them down, hopefully not only will it motivate me to seek out answers to the questions but it can also act as an interesting addition that can be displayed through the use of this blog.


I find this type of thing helps promote originality over posts that are fundamentally regurgitated information (not that I find that bad as I like to discuss science related concepts), but evidently it is a nice change. Anyways that is enough of my random ramblings. I look forward to posting more and I wish you all well :)