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MetricVeil t1_j8oydoo wrote

Reply to comment by troyunrau in NASA's "evolved structures" radically reduce weight – and waiting by Maxcactus

For me, it is the engineering aspect that I find the more intriguing. A kind of applied evolution to creating optimal structures. :)

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Qeric99 t1_j8pwtg6 wrote

Same concept as directed evolution in the life sciences. Don’t know exactly how to make something better? Let iteration and selection handle it for you.

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MetricVeil t1_j8v4uah wrote

>Let iteration and selection handle it for you.

Yep, computers have been a boon in that respect.

Reminds me of an old Sci-Fi trope of alien ships being 'grown', not constructed.

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