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Akin to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna
by pstuart 7y ago
Akin to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolved_antenna
- kossTKR 7y agoAnd that in turn reminds me of the obscure zig-zaggy convoluted shapes in molecular biology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_zD3NxSsD8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_zD3NxSsD8 These are also born out of an evolutionary optimisation process, and probably has a form that is intrinsically linked to its function - we just haven't remotely uncovered yet. Continuing this line of thought and i am reminded of steganography, hiding complexity in simplicity or objects with several functions. Also encoding by moving things in relation to each other and the mysterious field of emergence. Especially in biology where complexity or patterns can emerge seemingly from nowhere and hide properties that has to do with relations between points instead of the points themselves.