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> The consciousness is just a product of evolution Exactly. Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not
by chriswarbo 10y ago
> The consciousness is just a product of evolution
Exactly. Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_in_Biology_Makes_Sense_Except_in_the_Light_of_Evolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_in_Biology_Makes_Sense... ).
Why do some digger wasps only count their own contribution to a nest ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245965580_Do_Digger_Wasps_Commit_the_Concorde_Fallacy https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245965580_Do_Digger... ), and why do some perform redundant nest-checking ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphex#Uses_in_philosophy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphex#Uses_in_philosophy )?
For the same reason we don't calculate exact solutions to large travelling salesman problems; it's much more economical and evolutionarily advantageous to use heuristics, even if they have quirky side-effects and edge-cases.