Yes the article seemed a tad optimistic to me, although biology and such systems are not a subject I know much about.
In general however I have always found that everything always "only just works" and any interference or modification mostly results in a downward trend away from optimization, and if interfered with enough, total collapse of the previously functional system.
In general however I have always found that everything always "only just works" and any interference or modification mostly results in a downward trend away from optimization, and if interfered with enough, total collapse of the previously functional system.
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche