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> Wheels are trivial, however not present in biology. Because roads don't exist in nature..... imagine trying to out run a predator if you just had wheels but
by DrScientist 3y ago
> Wheels are trivial, however not present in biology.
Because roads don't exist in nature..... imagine trying to out run a predator if you just had wheels but no roads.
> Nature creates tentacles, not jet engines, nuclear energy etc
Under water I think you'll find there is jet propulsion.
Plants and animals are powered by nuclear energy - the remote fusion reaction is in the sky. Why have an internal nuclear reactor - fissile material is quite rare and fusion is quite hard to contain.
Human's are overly fond of their own children ( machines ) but fail to see the complexity of life. People are in awe of the latest Boston Dynamics robot - wow it can run - wow if can leap - and but don't post pictures of horses or gymnasts.
- DemocracyFTW2 3y ago> People [...] don't post pictures of horses or gymnasts. But that's just because the internet is already filled with cats
- ben_w 3y ago> Under water I think you'll find there is jet propulsion. Technically, yes, but most people are going to be thinking of the spinning turbines of doom with the absurdly hot fire in the middle, and that isn't.
- mirekrusin 3y agoYou're right and missing main point at the same time. The reasons why biology didn't evolve what we discovered don't matter. What matters is that it didn't, yet they can exist and outperform. Similarly brain is not an upper ceiling for intelligence. We can create more intelligent machines than us. Things like energy efficiency don't matter as much - when we run large models, nobody cares that it may require more energy than two sandwiches and a beer per day. We do care about energy efficiency but not at scales of biology.