[tehramz]

What makes you think that our brains or intelligence is the most efficient or most effective? We happened to evolved a brain that allowed us to think on what we consider sophisticated. This doesn't mean that it's a great system. We also evolved to have a spine, which is a terrible design. There's a ton of other examples of evolution designing things that are terrible and ineffective, but get the job done. Is that what we're striving for?

[uoaei]

Why pooh-pooh ideas if you're not sure either? Let's explore, combine, and mutate the iterations that each party thinks may be successful.

[bryananderson]

You're entirely right, of course! Evolution certainly does not create anything optimal.

My point is that perhaps we understand evolution better than we understand how to create a mind from scratch.