{"id":5674,"date":"2026-07-22T09:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/?p=5674"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:14:36","slug":"fortunate-byproduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/fortunate-byproduct\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortunate Byproduct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">The ability to see color conferred a selective advantage in evolution, allowing animals to see possible food from further away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">A byproduct of that is our ability to see sunsets. But does the ability to see a sunset convey a selective advantage?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Well, yes. It allows us to realize that there is something more worthwhile to life than simply eating. There is the sense of contentment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\">Contentment gives us time to notice sunsets, and all that is beautiful or sublime.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to see color conferred a selective advantage in evolution, allowing animals to see possible food from further away.&nbsp; A byproduct of that is our ability to see sunsets. But does the ability to see a sunset convey a selective advantage?&nbsp; Well, yes. It allows us to realize that<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/fortunate-byproduct\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-qualiens","post-5674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9QShd-1tw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5677,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674\/revisions\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetqualia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}