Tag: optimality
How Evolutionary Fitness Landscapes Bolster Design Arguments
Imagine a large area with gentle rolling hills and valleys, or perhaps a rugged terrain complete with steep mountains and impassible gullies.
In Animal Joints, Multi-Functioning Challenges Evolution
Joints include good examples of irreducible complexity, such as the knee joint’s four bar linkage or the arched structure of the foot.
Optimization: A Theoretical Principle That Is Predictive for Biology
Are biological mechanisms optimized, or do they function poorly, evidence of their “poor design”?
Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future
Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain.
Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?
Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions.