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Nature picks the least awful solution, not the best.

• nkozyra 12y ago
  But least awful iterated thousands of times eventually leads to either "the best" or comparable to "the best." Not always the most efficient route, but largely dependable at scale.
  • eru 12y ago
    We still have our heads screwed on backwards and choke on food.
  • Fomite 12y ago
    No, it only leads to a local optimum, not a global one.