How does this plant do this?

[magnemoe]

I think a major problem with the development of humans is that evolution is VERY VERY SLOW. And if you look at the technological and cultural advancements we experience as a race were evolving at light speed. This means that our physical and mental traits are trying to adapt to this development but it's simply going to slow. The way we think and behave is very much dictated by our instincts, and before some emotional poetry nut crack make their case, every emotion like anger, love, happines etc. those are all traits that are a natural part of our genom which we got from the monkeys (I know it's actually apes but that makes it sound like we aren't apes anymore). I believe that many of these emotions are standing in our way as they haven't adapted to the modern society. And at our current progression rate evolution won't catch up anytime soon (unless gen manipulation becomes a normal practise).

Yes, the are designed as hunter gatherers, with a few hot fixes like better disease protection and some features like the ability to drink milk as adults added the last 10.000 years.

It causes some issues like overweight, however trying to change humans emotions would be extremely dangerous compared to other ideas as ground launched orion pulse detonation rockets and aerobraking asteroids. Within 50-200 years we will probably be able to modify human dna pretty safe. However would the ones who create the modifications do changes you would like? Less violent yes, combine with more docile who don't restrict authority and you have an combination many countries would like.

[magnemoe]

Just to nitpick, the Flat Earth has never been a scientific theory. That the Earth is round has been known since Aristotle, and it has been by far the mainstream view at least amongst scholars and educated people since the late antiquity or very early Middle Ages.

Think it has been know by seafaring people since prehistoric time. People who was not seafaring like the ancient Egyptians belied the earth was flat.

Yes some medieval artists imagined an flat earth, do not see this as strange, stranger that Hollywood believes cars blow up in small collisions and revolvers has 9 bullets or more.

[Echostatic]

stranger that Hollywood believes cars blow up in small collisions and revolvers has 9 bullets or more.

Such "Kerbal" revolvers exist 20 rounds!

[magnemoe]

Such "Kerbal" revolvers exist 20 rounds!

Nice, I liked the lack of trigger guard. Who was this made for? an legendary bad shooter?