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Comment by arash_milani | Hacker News Reader
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arash_milani
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"Death is reason for the beauty of butterfly"
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ars
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Who said that? I could not agree less. Butterflies are beautiful for their color, not their death.
TeMPOraL
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Whoever said that, probably meant selection pressure.
mod
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Potentially also that if every butterfly that ever existed were still alive, we wouldn't be very fond of them.
arash_milani
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It's from "Sohrap Sepehri" [1] an Iranian poet and painter. and I think the replies to your comments answer you question.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_Sepehri
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