This article had its origins in a letter of mine that was published in The Guardian, a UK newspaper. The Communicative & Integrative Biology (CIB) Editor-in-Chief happened to read the letter and asked me whether I was prepared to write a short opinion article with the hope that it may stimulate wider discussion. I somewhat reluctantly accepted. The reason for my hesitation is that I have no expertise whatsoever in Biology or evolution theory. I often read ridiculous comments by educated non-experts pontificating on my own topic of expertise and wonder why do they do it! Occasionally though, a complete non-expert such as a child asks questions which are so basic that they may confound even an expert. It is from this standpoint of ‘innocent ignorance’ that my speculations may possibly be of some value to the readers of CIB.
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