tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post3984123181459519010..comments2024-03-25T09:11:17.877-07:00Comments on The Curious Wavefunction: Life. Distributed.Wavefunctionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14993805391653267639noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9633767.post-16909162395742415452020-09-22T01:39:33.082-07:002020-09-22T01:39:33.082-07:00Great post, thanks. I enjoy your breadth of perspe...Great post, thanks. I enjoy your breadth of perspective and philosophical outlook a great deal.<br />Just a note on convergent evolution. One of the best examples seems to me the swallow and the swift. They are similar because they have evolved a similar life style and not because they are close (phylogenetic) relations. Another example that comes to mind is the human and octopod eye. Although they are similar in many ways, they have evolved from different ancestor organs and are thus not 'related' organs.<br />In contrast, the brains of all mammals (and even all vertebrates for that matter) are similar because they all share a common ancestor. Thus, the brains of different vertebrates is not a case of convergent evolution as far as I can see. Attilanoreply@blogger.com