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First, for those unaware: https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/the-longest-cell-in-the-history-of-life/ https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
by derleth 15y ago
First, for those unaware:
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/the-longest-cell-in-the-history-of-life/ https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/the-long...
That is the kind of thing we mean when we say evolution doesn't find the best solutions all the time. The horrible job evolution did with the human eye is another example.
Now:
> There is no evidence for a superior magical learning algorithm that would have done better
I think the point is that it's difficult to imagine anything doing worse.