alt Hacker NewsNo there is no selection and no traits to pick, it's the culmination of research and human engineering. An airplan is a complex system that needs serious engineering. You can study birs but up till a certain point, if you like it go doing bird watching, but it's everything except engineering
>it's the culmination of research and human engineering.
And how is this different than the process of natural selection? More fit ideas win out relative to less fit and are iterated upon.