A quote from that post: “So animal brains—up until recently—were not major players in the planetary game of optimization; they were pieces but not players.”
Again, no mention of sexual selection. Brains are players in the optimisation process. Animal brains get to perform selection directly. Females give male tyres a good kicking before choosing them—a bit like unit testing. Sexual selection is not even the only mechanism—natural selection can do this too.
A quote from that post: “So animal brains—up until recently—were not major players in the planetary game of optimization; they were pieces but not players.”
Again, no mention of sexual selection. Brains are players in the optimisation process. Animal brains get to perform selection directly. Females give male tyres a good kicking before choosing them—a bit like unit testing. Sexual selection is not even the only mechanism—natural selection can do this too.