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Comment author: JoshuaZ 13 January 2015 05:51:45PM 3 points [-]

In general, objects which are deliberately designed by humans are easier to understand than objects which arose from evolution. This is true even when one tries to apply genetic algorithms to build simple circuits or antenna- trying to understand why they work can frequently be very hard.