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The more efficient a system is (due to specialization and removal of redundancy), the more fragile it becomes. That's why biological systems look so wasteful (
by littlestymaar 6mo ago
The more efficient a system is (due to specialization and removal of redundancy), the more fragile it becomes.
That's why biological systems look so wasteful (chlorophyll reflecting the more abundant wavelength, etc.)
- nandomrumber 6mo agoWhat do you mean? There’s more green light from sun light at the surface of the Earth than the red or blue.
- littlestymaar 6mo agoYes, that's my point exactly: to maximize efficiency, you'd try catching this more abundant light, but plants do the opposite, chlorophyll catches other wavelength and reflect green (which is why plants appear green).
- nandomrumber 6mo agoAh, yes indeedy, obvious now. Dunno what I was thunking when I wrote that.