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It's more interesting to think that evolution is guided by the selective pressures that exist in the environment. That means that all of the current forms of li
by pharke 6y ago
It's more interesting to think that evolution is guided by the selective pressures that exist in the environment. That means that all of the current forms of life are finding the optimal design for their environment and interaction with other life forms. Human beings have evolved to fit this world and if we continue to expand beyond it we will continue to evolve to fit the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. It's hard not to feel that there is some optimal thing that we are heading towards, the solution to the question posed by reality.
- leetcrew 6y ago> It's hard not to feel that there is some optimal thing that we are heading towards, the solution to the question posed by reality. depends how optimistic/pessimistic you are. I find it far more likely that humans will eventually hit some local maximum in a trough too deep to ever escape.
- benlivengood 6y agoThere are no platonic ideals for humans or beings in general; we explore a giant solution space for reproducing thinking-machines. For every utility function there's a globally maximal physical being or society, but there are also a lot of utility functions.