[mrow84]

> Most people would probably agree the latest models generalize better than flatworms.

> Flatworms first appeared 800+ million years ago

Surviving for 800 million years seems to me like a pretty good indicator of meaningful generalisation.

[nopinsight]

Water, rocks, and other minerals have been around much longer than that.

Our concern is not the survivability or adaptability over evolutionary timescale but the capabilities to affect the world in human timescale.