Hypothesis: human-legible/meaningful optima in biology occur in conditions of long-term stable environments dominated by a single variable (or small correlated set) in an extreme regime (like a desert with water scarcity)
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Somewhat related exploration of dietary optimizations being almost entirely dependent on water availability.
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In places where there's limited land and a surplus of water, it makes a lot of sense to optimize for land. So there, grow & eat crops.
And in places where there's a lot of land and limited water, it makes sense to optimize for water. So there, grow & eat ruminants.
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