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This is an oversimplification of evolution. Why isn't all grass venomous and covered in spikes? Why after millions of years hasn't grass evolved defenses again
by partycoder 9y ago
This is an oversimplification of evolution.
Why isn't all grass venomous and covered in spikes? Why after millions of years hasn't grass evolved defenses against herbivores?
Simply because:
1) it reproduces fast enough to compensate for dying and being eaten.
2) herbivores that reproduce too fast and eat too much run out of food and die.
Survival is largely a function of the environment, and we happen to control that environment.
Unsupervised learning can still be controlled if we happen to control the input the system is given.
- louithethrid 9y agoEh, grass drys itself up and torches everything once a year? The problem is that animals are not grass main enemy- other plants are, in particular besush and trees.
- partycoder 9y agoLargely the grass that didn't dry up is the one that will breed the next generation of grass. The grass that dried up and burned will be fertilizer for the next generation of grass.