[gmtx725]

What even is 'optimal' though. As far as evolution is concerned, we are surviving to pass our genes on to the next generation, so we already are 'optimal'. Going any further than that is just bringing in social and cultural biases about what 'optimal' is.

[TeMPOraL]

Optimal is what we say it is. And we generally don't consider "surviving to pass our genes onto the next generation" as a sensible function to optimize for.