Well, of course. But my genes have probably had millions of years of practise with bananas (not so much recently, but that's just me); banana-flavoured corn syrup is a novelty within my lifetime and in consequence there is zero evolutionary investment in interpreting that.
Lookit, we have a planet whose environment is characterised by salt water and oxygen. Sure, they're "just" chemicals, but they're some of the nastiest that you're likely to find lying around free (and in truth, the oxygen isn't; it has to be constantly replenished). The development of the current atmosphere was an ecocatastrophe that must have caused a 99.9% die-off. We have evolved to cope.
That banana-flavoured corn syrup? Wouldn't be the least surprised if it kills you. That's the process. That's how evolution works.
<sarcasm>Only America bets against Evolution.</sarcasm>
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Date: 2009-01-27 06:02 am (UTC)Lookit, we have a planet whose environment is characterised by salt water and oxygen. Sure, they're "just" chemicals, but they're some of the nastiest that you're likely to find lying around free (and in truth, the oxygen isn't; it has to be constantly replenished). The development of the current atmosphere was an ecocatastrophe that must have caused a 99.9% die-off. We have evolved to cope.
That banana-flavoured corn syrup? Wouldn't be the least surprised if it kills you. That's the process. That's how evolution works.
<sarcasm>Only America bets against Evolution.</sarcasm>