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Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping by BobaFloutist on Thursday October 17, 2024 @11:18AM (#41870471)
My simple conception is that evolution loves local maxima.
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Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping by xyzwave on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:06PM (#41870938)
Therefore mutations ensure you don't get stuck there.
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Re:Why birds do not fall while sleeping by Log_out_ on Thursday October 17, 2024 @12:39PM (#41871232)
Then some bored postgrad adds grasshopper gears & wheels to a lab cockroach. One mutation to force evolution everywhere.

Little chitin matchbox racecaroaches everywhere ..

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