Comment on Open Thread: February 2010, part 2

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:15:52 GMT

Evolution is stupid and optimization processes are complicated. Do you not think that's an adequate explanation?

The question is, Why did evolution get thus far and no further? Can you give an account that simultaneously explains both of the observed bounds? I suppose that some would be happy with "Shear difficulty explains why evolution did no better, and anthropics explains why it did no worse." But I don't find that especially satisfying.

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