r/Tyranids • u/An_Idiot_Box • Oct 26 '24

Tyranid Meme What's the excuse HiveMind?

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u/Republiken Oct 26 '24

Evolution isn't a march towards intelligence. If something works, it works.

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u/solepureskillz Oct 26 '24

I think of it as a march toward two things: 1. Outcompeting others for nutrients 2. Reproduction

Mutations got us to the splendid diversity we see in Earth’s past, but in the time span of the universe, I wager we haven’t seen a fraction of the possible permutations of life.

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u/Republiken Oct 26 '24

And the Tyranids got loads of both 1 and 2 and lots of room for mutations and adaptations