[isoprophlex]

Yes, indeed, although the exact reference escapes me for the moment.

What I found absolutely amazing when reading about this, is that this is exactly how I always imagined things in nature evolving.

Biology is mostly just messy physics where everything happens at the same time across many levels of time and space, and a complex system that has evolved naturally appears to always contain these super weird specific cross-functional hacks that somehow end up working super well towards some goal

[alexpotato]

> Yes, indeed, although the exact reference escapes me for the moment.

It's mentioned in a sister comment: https://www.damninteresting.com/on-the-origin-of-circuits/