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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Man, that's some crazy logic. I'll take occams razor and state that wind movement abrades the leaves/limbs on one another.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's not crazy logic to describe natural selection.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I'm just saying you're adding too much complexity in this particular phenomenon. Evolution by natural selection is a very robust model that has remarkable predictive power. It only works if you're not assuming too many inputs.