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Comment author: peter_hurford 04 January 2012 09:53:31AM *  3 points [-]

Why are flowers beautiful? I can't think of any "just so" story why this should be true, so it's puzzled me. I don't think it's justification for a God or anything, just something I currently cannot explain.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 04 January 2012 02:29:11PM 1 point [-]

Is it flowers in particular that puzzle you? Or is it more generally the fact that humans are wired so as to find anything at all beautiful?

Comment author: peter_hurford 05 January 2012 05:58:53AM 1 point [-]

I suppose it would be finding beauty in things that don't seem to convey a survival advantage or that I can't personally draw a connection to something with a survival advantage. Another good example would be the beauty of rainbows.

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