Dollo's Law

[midwestcoast]

I was reading in a finance blog (fuck I hate growing up) about "Dollo's Law of Irreversibility"

Dollo's Law states that once a species loses a trait, it will never gain that trait back because the path that gave it the trait in the first place was so complicated that it can't be replicated, even if it finds itself placed in conditions identical to those in which it has previously lived.

I find the Law a microcosm of what the progression of skiing is and will always be. Whether it be skiing disciplines, ski wear, ski culture, even ski towns - it's still just skiing - but it can never go back to what it was previously...

It's fitting that Dollo just happens to be a modern progressor of ski style and culture....

And that will conclude my TED Talk

**This thread was edited on Apr 22nd 2024 at 9:23:24am

 

[Yukon_Cornelius]

Don’t worry bro you’re not fully grown up until you pronounce it “fih”nance instead of “fie”nance ?

once this happens, you can also never go back

 

[eheath]

Goes to one business class freshman year of college.

 

[Yukon_Cornelius]

Goes to one business class freshman year of college.

You either die a hero or study business long enough to become Rob Katz

 

[dwt802]

I fuck with this connection, I’ve heard of Dollo’s law from university classes but never linked it to skiing let alone Dollo haha. Shit really be his law