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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pessimist" data-source="post: 24248127" data-attributes="member: 566496">it surely works very well as a defense mechanism. but why was it even necessary in the first place ? i mean wouldn't it have been more simple to have a being with defense mechanisms encoded into it in genes ? why consciousness ? besides most, if not all, conscious beings require sleep which is a huge evolutionary disadvantage. nature robbed us of our tails because they weren't useful for us to walk on land. but sleep ? it still exists. every being still needs to sleep at least a few hours and they extremely vulnerable in that time period. is this a fair price to pay ? i don't think so <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/no.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":no:" title="No    :no:" data-shortname=":no:" /> why develop something that is immensely complicated and puts the possessor at risk for few hours everyday to protect it from something like a little flame ?</blockquote>

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