Comment by areoform
4 days ago
I mean, yes. Why?
Why would nature encode such a ridiculously disproportionate / inefficient behavior when it leads to catastrophe so frequently?
I've tried to ask these machines dumber questions like, why castles? And... well I'm working on a few projects (mostly by hand) that they've helped with! :)
I like to ask dumb questions. It's fun. I encourage it.
Lots of species are r-selected, I don't see why that would be considered inefficient. In fact I think there are probably more r-strategists than K-strategists.
Just as stating the wrong thing would be the quickest way to elicit a response in the past, so too can 'dumb' questions prime the context for more complex queries.
I am all for this strategy, and revisiting my list is equal parts fun and conducive to long-term recall.
Answer: Because rabbits are tasty. If they didn't hit the ground hopping and bopping, the species would have died out long ago.