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minus-squarerazorcandy@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoOptimization was never the goal. It just has to function well enough for a sufficient portion of the species to reproduce.
minus-squareDearOldGrandma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoLiterally the evolutionary equivalent of “eh, good enough”
minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoEvolution is an optimisation process, just a very slow, wasteful and stupid one. It finds local optima which it usually gets stuck in.
Optimization was never the goal. It just has to function well enough for a sufficient portion of the species to reproduce.
Literally the evolutionary equivalent of “eh, good enough”
Evolution is an optimisation process, just a very slow, wasteful and stupid one. It finds local optima which it usually gets stuck in.