Trilobite eyes (Introduction)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Sunday, March 24, 2013, 19:50 (4053 days ago) @ David Turell

David: More about optimal eye design. Is evolution a mathematician?
In the optimum solution the lens size is roughly proportional to the square root of the radius of the head. An indeed, Bialek shows an old paper surveying the compound eye designs in more than two dozen different insects. That paper shows that for the different size insects, the lens size is proportional, as predicted, to the square root of the head size."
> Or is God the Math professor behind evolution? After all fractals are all over evolution.-
There is a reason I refer to him as the "Grand Designer". We can come up with optimal algorithms, why should the designer of life be less intelligent than his creations?

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What is the purpose of living? How about, 'to reduce needless suffering. It seems to me to be a worthy purpose.