Just bookmarked "Group Theory in the Bedroom", thanks. I just listened to interview with Rama Ranganathan about "evolutionary physics". https://news.uchicago.

Just bookmarked "Group Theory in the Bedroom", thanks. I just listened to interview with Rama Ranganathan about "evolutionary physics". https://news.uchicago.edu/story/big-brains-podcast-explores-whether-scientists-can-unlock-natures-design-secrets https://news.uchicago.edu/story/big-brains-podcast-explores-... I couldn't really follow their discussion. From your post I'm guessing you'd get a lot more out of it. Your questions about redundant encodings seems related to Ranganathan's assertion that biology can be both efficient and adaptive. Whereas with human design, efficiency and resilience is a more of a tradeoff. Any who...