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Biomimicry is a seriously fascinating field of study. It’s basically going “we have a problem with X. We might have solutions for X, but they are expensive and/or very impractical for Y and Z applications, where we now need them.”
And then they go out into the world and look for ways nature has already overcome the exact same problem, and figure out ways to mimic the solution. There are typically multiple avenues to explore, and the solutions are often quite simple compared to whatever over-engineered nonsense we come up with on our own.
Looking at stuff around us is really the best path forward for a lot of what we want to accomplish.
absolutely. my entire field exists because someone asked "how the fuck is there life on the edge of a hydrothermal vent at the bottom of the goddamn ocean?"