As a fan of the subtle, yet incredibly powerful workings of the evolutionary process, I was interest to read the latest on the dog v. cat evolution in terms of who is the better hunter and how they evolved to be. Cats are apparently better hunters but less efficient at it is the upshot, humans even better a running after prey (okay, who does this? unless of course you are talking about some long lost tribe in the Amazon or Saturday night at the singles bar...) Nonetheless, you can find the interesting info on this at MSNBC of all places.
I think its pretty ironic that humans are most efficient for running after prey but most likely to sit in front of the big screen TV with a bag of Doritos in their hand. Puts a whole new meaning on the seven deadly wastes (or should that be waster?)
I am considering that this research indicates that evolution and therefore problem solving techniques such as the evolutionary process, support the notion of "useful inefficiency" as the winning condition. Perhaps stealth and its effectiveness easily makes up for the inefficiency of the cats hunting biomechanics. Pretty much another example of systems engineering where if you look at the behavior of one of the components of the system, you could draw an incorrect conclusion unless you look at the total system in operation.
I think its pretty ironic that humans are most efficient for running after prey but most likely to sit in front of the big screen TV with a bag of Doritos in their hand. Puts a whole new meaning on the seven deadly wastes (or should that be waster?)
I am considering that this research indicates that evolution and therefore problem solving techniques such as the evolutionary process, support the notion of "useful inefficiency" as the winning condition. Perhaps stealth and its effectiveness easily makes up for the inefficiency of the cats hunting biomechanics. Pretty much another example of systems engineering where if you look at the behavior of one of the components of the system, you could draw an incorrect conclusion unless you look at the total system in operation.
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