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>Nature can do incredibly "smart" things, but it also has the benefit of operating on orders of 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000s of years. Actually, the l
by gozur88 11y ago
>Nature can do incredibly "smart" things, but it also has the benefit of operating on orders of 1,000 / 10,000 / 100,000 / 1,000,000s of years.
Actually, the latest evidence is that evolution happens in relatively small time frames as conditions change. The problem is you're not guaranteed a handy mutation in that time frame - lots of species have gone extinct for lack of a trait that would have allowed them to survive.
- ethbro 11y agoEvolution of a single species and full ecosystem stabilization are two different things. Even with rapid evolution over a small time frame, I can't imagine the entire system finds a new equilibrium as quickly?
- gozur88 11y agoOh, that's probably true. Not all species will adapt, and as the niches get refilled things will be chaotic.