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m0llusk | 1 day ago

Arguably a powerful demonstration of why even simple creatures make use of parenting as a strategy to improve the success of their offspring.

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BrandoElFollito|1 day ago

This is a very different conclusion from the one in the scientific documentary "Idiocracy"

urav|1 day ago

This actually showed up in the first run, agents that invest more energy into offspring vs ones that fork cheap and fast.

the ones that survived population crashes were the ones passing down leaner, better-inherited brains. Cheap forking works when there's plenty of energy around, falls apart in famine.