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minus-squarerazorcandy@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·3 months 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-up33·3 months agoLiterally the evolutionary equivalent of “eh, good enough”
minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down1·3 months agoEvolution is an optimisation process, just a very slow, wasteful and stupid one. It finds local optima which it usually gets stuck in.
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agoevolution is the epitome of “good enough, ship it!”
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.
evolution is the epitome of “good enough, ship it!”