Evolution is an optimisation process, just a very slow, wasteful and stupid one. It finds local optima which it usually gets stuck in.
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razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Optimization was never the goal. It just has to function well enough for a sufficient portion of the species to reproduce.
witty_username@feddit.nl 23 hours ago
shneancy@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
evolution is the epitome of “good enough, ship it!”
EditsHisComments@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Literally the evolutionary equivalent of “eh, good enough”
amotio@lemmy.world 1 day ago
eh good enough