[beefman]

I think Wolfram makes an interesting point here: much of our morphology is not programmed in our genes, but is rather the result of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions.[1] These are essentially simple computer programs, which can produce a variety of features if only one of them is adaptive, or even if none are. Is it more likely that cheetah spots are precision camouflage, matched to the Savannah, or just the result of the simplest possible local rules for 2-coloring a surface?[2]

[1] recent story here for example https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10629731

[2] shown on human forms here: https://vimeo.com/145251635