Because prior to seeing it happen, slime mold configuration wasn't expected to be equivalent to railroad optimization. <i>And then it was.</i><p>Saying things are obvious after they've happened is 100% useless. Demonstrating you have the mental models to say these things predictively is pretty exciting, though.<p>If you can do that, go become a scientist. Use those models. Publish papers. You'll get into Science, too.