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Originally Posted by Lestat But their buildings always follow the same patterns, repeating their hardwired behavioural patterns. And they would be hard put to adapt their building practices to other clearly distinct environments
So if you master your enemy you're weaker then when you adapt to it? We can withstand nature better because we build to withstand nature.
How do you get from "we make the environment adapt to us" to "which proves us weaker and less capable of withstanding nature". Sorry I don't see any logical reasoning in that phrase? Certainly by adapting the environment we enhance our chances of withstanding nature? Does overcoming your physical weaknesses by ingenuity make you weak overall? |
Um. Most of the human buildings follow very similar designs and patterns, as well; I had a friend who lived in Coral Springs, and she lived with her sister in this two-floor apartment (or flat). I went to meet another friend last month in his apartment, also in Coral Springs, and it was a completely different part of the town. Yet, the entire apartment (flat) looked exactly the same as my first friend's place; the only difference was that this one had a third floor. Other than that, it was exactly identical. And I live in an apartment complex myself, and while each individual room on a given floor may be different, the ones above and below them are exactly the same. We, too, follow patterns when constructing our buildings.
They are biologically stronger because they can adapt to their environment. We have to terraform the entire planet to suit our needs in order for it to be habitable for us.