3 people have responded with the Steve Jobs bicycle point. Not trying to solicit clever gotchas here. Let’s set aside extended phenotypes, be they tech (beaver dams, all human tech) or biological (viruses, symbiotes, parasites...). Base phenotype and physics-legible cost functionhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1008378196931182592 …
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It appears to be the most effective way to convert the chemical energy in food into locomotion
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Consider large-winged birds. The ability to soar — as in maintaining lift/flight without flapping — is very nearly fully optimized from a physics perspective.
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