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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Predation is what makesevolution creative: withoutit there would be no arms… NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 Almost all real predation is on prey far smaller than the predator, so the documentary staple of a T. rex taking an adult Triceratops shows the rare exception, not the rule. Almost all realpredation is on prey… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not. Predators everywheretarget juveniles, and… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 The scavenger-versus-hunter argument about T. rex is over: the bite marks show it did both. Thescavenger-versus-hunter… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 Being big pays off every day and is punished in extinctions, which is why body size keeps getting reset rather than climbing forever. Being big pays offevery day and is… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 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. Nature gave eyes toanimals and not to… FL Fei-Fei Li — holds since 2026-09-04 Pre-training is a crappy evolution: the practically buildable substitute for the process that gave animals their built-in hardware. Pre-training is acrappy evolution: the… AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 T. rex hunted by endurance rather than speed: its foot is built for efficiency, which points at long-distance pursuit, not a sprint. T. rex hunted byendurance rather than… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 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 notperfect anything… DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04
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