Dan Piponidpiponi@mathstodon.xyz
Oct 10, 2026, 5:16 PM@BartoszMilewski These are surely just alternative strategies. Neither is compensation for the other.
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Bartosz MilewskiBartoszMilewski@mathstodon.xyzOct 10, 2026, 5:46 PM@dpiponi You're objecting to the word "compensate"?
- Dan Piponidpiponi@mathstodon.xyzOct 10, 2026, 6:31 PM
@BartoszMilewski Yes, it's loaded.
- Bartosz MilewskiBartoszMilewski@mathstodon.xyzOct 10, 2026, 8:34 PM
@dpiponi True. Evolution doesn't have goals and it doesn't make decisions. You used the word "strategies," which is also loaded. Any time we talk about evolution, we anthropomorphise. I don't have a good non-teleological language to talk about it.