I think GP means to that for many problems, the time span for finding a local optimum in an evolutionary way ("nature") is longer than in a scientific way ("human trial and error + reasoning").
Of course, there are probably species that burn through a few generations per hour but these are not really suited to solving problems that mammals can.
>I think GP means to that for many problems, the time span for finding a local optimum in an evolutionary way ("nature") is longer than in a scientific way ("human trial and error + reasoning").
For some problems regarding the functioning of living things yes, but for other problems evolution doesn't apply, and nature (aka the universe) can "strike" before science had the time to find anything to protect against them (e.g. a meteor hit).
And for other problems still, science might be the one that created them (e.g. nuclear annihilation, global warming, etc).
>Of course, there are probably species that burn through a few generations per hour but these are not really suited to solving problems that mammals can.
No, but some of them could e.g. mutate and kill all humans or enough to destroy civilization.
Of course, there are probably species that burn through a few generations per hour but these are not really suited to solving problems that mammals can.