Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping
by BobaFloutist on Thursday October 17, 2024 @11:18AM
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My simple conception is that evolution loves local maxima.
Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping
by xyzwave on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:06PM
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Therefore mutations ensure you don't get stuck there.
Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping
by Log_out_ on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:39PM
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Then some bored postgrad adds grasshopper gears & wheels to a lab cockroach. One mutation to force evolution everywhere.
Little chitin matchbox racecaroaches everywhere ..
Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping
by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:05PM
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It never left the "does need to sleep" branch. It's not much a sci fi writer.
Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping
by fennecbutt on Monday October 21, 2024 @06:21PM
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Exactly, it takes more time and energy to undo a mutation that unblocks a better solution than it is to mutate a solution that works with existing mutations.
It's why intelligent machines will absolutely destroy us when it comes to being "superior".
Sleep according to sleep scientist matthew walker, isnt what it seems. If i remember correctly theres even more brain activity and it serves certain goals like behavior refinement, among other things not just refreshing yourself. There might not be more benefit by more sleep.