Biological entities have evolved various mechanisms to optimize resources, but calling it math does seems a bit odd.
I was going to make a frivolous comment lampooning the absurdity of this research, but I had second thoughts after I went outside and saw how the weeds in my garden had multiplied.
Imagine the structural engineering calculations. Plants have to make roughly accurate forecasts of weather extremes including wind gusts, to calculate stem girth and root strength. The simulation software that deciduous trees employ is state-of-the-art.
I have to admit I'm divided on what to think about this. On the plus side, that is a very nice picture of our two intrepid scientists standing by with an emergency flashlight, should one of their plants miscalculate its starch reserves and enter into metabolic distress. I'd give them an A minus for that. . I wonder if their plants have square roots? .
MandoZink
Jun 23, 2013Biological entities have evolved various mechanisms to optimize resources, but calling it math does seems a bit odd.