Apparently... I mean I got sent a message saying 'tone down what you are saying on yeerk evolution. and it linked the page where i said that about octomom...So I am assuming that it was that. It's a bit spanish inquisitiony that you are unable to know the identity of your accuser, of course one of the tragedies of authoritarian censorship is that people, in order to survive, must publically agree with the tyrants, and thus become slightly evil themselves. (Dalrymple and I think George Orwell said this not original thought) Perhaps this is what lead Wildweathel to say, in the post on censorship, 'it is ultimately dehumanising to everybody'. Anyway moving along before I get reported again...
Evolution doesn't value what we value: It doesn't aim to make a species sentient, intelligent or appealing but rather that the species in question should have as much food and as many babies as possible. I think it was Richard Dawkins who wrote a wonderful book called 'the selfish gene'.
So why are the yeerks sentient at all? all they needed to do was float around in their little pools soaking up the sun and nutrients, they didn't even need to move vary far to get that food. Humans desire abstract things like success, fame, recognition etc because it makes us more attractive to more and more potential mates, no doubt if Walrus/seals/and other harem animals were sentient they would too in order to get as many mates as possible.
