So basically the bottom line I’m getting from this a kind of variant of Occam’s Razor: Evolution is unlikely to produce solutions that include complexity or considerations it doesn’t need.
Or more specifically, and with an example, there are probably a lot more ways to get to taste buds that give good results in environments and contexts the organism is likely to encounter than ways to get to taste buds that give good results in both environments and contexts that the organism is likely and unlikely to encounter.
So basically the bottom line I’m getting from this a kind of variant of Occam’s Razor: Evolution is unlikely to produce solutions that include complexity or considerations it doesn’t need.
Or more specifically, and with an example, there are probably a lot more ways to get to taste buds that give good results in environments and contexts the organism is likely to encounter than ways to get to taste buds that give good results in both environments and contexts that the organism is likely and unlikely to encounter.