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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. Evolution does not perfect anything;organisms are bodge jobs, which iswhy the human eye has a blind spotand a squid's does not. DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 Same subject: Nature gave eyes to animals and not to trees because eyes are only worth having if you move, and moving is what produces a new viewpoint. — tap to centre the map on it Nature gave eyes to animalsand not to trees because eyesare only worth having if youmove, and moving is what… FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-09-04 Same subject: Model intelligence should speciate like the animal kingdom rather than converge on one oracle that knows everything. — tap to centre the map on it Model intelligence shouldspeciate like the animalkingdom rather than convergeon one oracle that knows… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 Same subject: Natural selection in humans has not been quiescent: it is tugging almost every position in the genome in one direction or another, everywhere. — tap to centre the map on it Natural selection in humanshas not been quiescent: it istugging almost every positionin the genome in one direction… DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 Same subject: That people are good at maths and coding, which evolution never selected for, shows human learning is not a complicated evolutionary prior but something more fundamental. — tap to centre the map on it That people are good at mathsand coding, which evolutionnever selected for, showshuman learning is not a… IS Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 Same subject: The gap between chimps and humans is no evidence that a small increase in compute yields an explosion of capability, because evolution was not optimising chimps for technology. — tap to centre the map on it The gap between chimps andhumans is no evidence that asmall increase in computeyields an explosion of… PC Paul Christiano — holds since 2018-02-24 Same subject: Darwin's genius was not having the idea of selection, which animal breeders already had, but seeing how central it was to the whole of biology. — tap to centre the map on it Darwin's genius was not havingthe idea of selection, whichanimal breeders already had,but seeing how central it was… MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 Same subject: Predation is what makes evolution creative: without it there would be no arms races, no great feats of evolution, and a far less beautiful world. — tap to centre the map on it Predation is what makesevolution creative: without itthere would be no arms races,no great feats of evolution… NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 Same subject: Natural selection will strengthen the human preference for other humans rather than erode it, because the people who resist outsourcing their social life are the ones who find mates. — tap to centre the map on it Natural selection willstrengthen the humanpreference for other humansrather than erode it, because… AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04
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At the centre Evolution does not perfect anything; organisms are bodge jobs, which is why the human eye has a blind spot and a squid's does not. Holds DHDave Hone Read this korrent →