The Computational Beauty of Nature

Plasticity is a double-edged sword

Plasticity is a double-edged sword; the more flexible an organism is the greater the variety of maladaptive, as well as adaptive, behaviors it can develop; the more teachable it is the more fully it can profit from the experiences of its ancestors and associates and the more it risks being exploited by its ancestors…

Jun 23, 2012 1

• evolution
• plasticity