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Quote by: Gods_Mercenary  Another point, it is better to be less than perfect and diverse than only adapted for a specific niche, especially if its self adapted. |
Absolutely. I call it the myth of efficiency. I used to listen to senior management types banging on about the need to achieve "100% efficiency". They simply couldn't understand that efficiency is only gained at the cost of flexibility. A 100% efficient machine (or organisation) would be a fragile thing indeed. Susceptible to the slightest change in the conditions for which it is designed.
Nature doesn't do efficiency. This is one of the fallacies that stem from the notion that it is "designed". Nature settles on the first thing that works.