If biology would find the maximum we would expect that different species find the same photosynthesis process and that we can’t improve the photosynthesis process of one species by swapping it out with that of another.
https://www.science.org/content/article/fight-climate-change-biotech-firm-has-genetically-engineered-very-peppy-poplar suggests that you can make trees grow faster by adding pumpkin and green algae genes.
Without reading the link, that sounds like the exact opposite of the conclusion you should reach. Are they implanting specific genes, or many genes?
Green algae had more generation cycles to optimize their photosynthesis than trees have and achieved a better solution as a result.
That clearly suggests that organisms with generation cycles like trees or humans don’t reliably find global maxima.
Or green algae have reached a different local maxima? Right?
If biology would find the maximum we would expect that different species find the same photosynthesis process and that we can’t improve the photosynthesis process of one species by swapping it out with that of another.
https://www.science.org/content/article/fight-climate-change-biotech-firm-has-genetically-engineered-very-peppy-poplar suggests that you can make trees grow faster by adding pumpkin and green algae genes.
Without reading the link, that sounds like the exact opposite of the conclusion you should reach. Are they implanting specific genes, or many genes?
Green algae had more generation cycles to optimize their photosynthesis than trees have and achieved a better solution as a result.
That clearly suggests that organisms with generation cycles like trees or humans don’t reliably find global maxima.
Or green algae have reached a different local maxima? Right?