Actually scope insensitivity might be a species-wide positive adaptation. It is more economical to rescue 200,000 birds for $88 and this could reflect a reasonable expectation of economies of scale.
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Actually scope insensitivity might be a species-wide positive adaptation. It is more economical to rescue 200,000 birds for $88 and this could reflect a reasonable expectation of economies of scale.