We know natural evolution is just refinement (albiet slowly), due to natural selection of a population to an environment, over billions and billions of numbers in the population over millennia, and hence why as time goes on, machined shapes become more organic in nature.oldjohnno wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:58 pm I've seen images of other things that have been designed artificially - one of a bridge comes to mind - where practical considerations like the use of stock materials and ease of manufacture have been ignored. And the thing that strikes me with them is their resemblance to bones - when there are no other constraints other than bulk and strength-to-mass the results seem to appear very bone-like.
That's what computer models can do. Instead of cut and pasting millions, or even billions of different combinations, the machine can hone in on a more efficient design in the matter of weeks, days, or even hours.