Exploring the Analogies Between Natural Selection and Engineering Design

The chapter delves into the parallels between natural selection in biology and the engineering design process, emphasizing the unpredictability of outcomes in designs. It discusses the emergence of complexity in simple programs within the computational universe and its link to the success of organisms through non-obvious natural selection. The concept of computational irreducibility is explored, highlighting the challenges in understanding complex systems like biological evolution and the unexpected yet integral role of complexity in adaptive evolution.