It also looks to me like the post isn’t careful enough in distinguishing fitness-maximizing vs. adaptation-executing.
Now that I know what you mean by adaptation-executing, I can tell you that it isn’t relevant. Here are the concepts I’m using:
Exploitation vs. exploration
Kin selection
These are concepts used for goal optimization and fitness maximization. Adaptation execution becomes relevant only after evolution has operated, in some particular historical context.
Now that I know what you mean by adaptation-executing, I can tell you that it isn’t relevant. Here are the concepts I’m using:
Exploitation vs. exploration
Kin selection
These are concepts used for goal optimization and fitness maximization. Adaptation execution becomes relevant only after evolution has operated, in some particular historical context.