Nature also optimizes for far more variables than humans do. We min-max for a handful of KPIs at most. Nature optimizes for everything that an organism needs to

Nature also optimizes for far more variables than humans do. We min-max for a handful of KPIs at most. Nature optimizes for everything that an organism needs to survive, including in once-in-a-lifetime circumstances. It must do so since most organisms don't have dedicated support infrastructures. Cars don't need to concern themselves with reproducing, a jaguar does. Sure, there are genuine inefficiencies like the laryngeal nerve but there also are plenty of apparently useless things that turn out to have some niche importance such as the appendix.