Best Practices

Biological Parallel

Honeybees perform waggle dances encoding distance and direction to food sources, with scout quality determining adoption rates. But "best" is context-dependent: a route optimal in sunny weather fails in rain, and nectar-rich flowers shift daily. Blind copying of high-performers works only when environments match. Evolution punishes species that import adaptations without testing local fit—the biological graveyard is full of organisms that benchmarked the wrong context.