[yabbs]

>What is the evolutionary advantage of being able to match abstract patterns? Assuming it increases evolutionary fitness, what is the cost of it that kept it from becoming universal?

Likely there is a tension between over- and under-fitting, with behavioral and evolutionary tuning always in flux as conditions change.

[cassepipe]

Relevant Scott Alexander's article : https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/the-canal-papers