> They set each block far apart, so the babies had to crawl to one or the other—a random choice.
That’s...not what “random” means. That is, if anything, a factor that makes the choice less likely to be random. The greater commitment of resources that needs to be made, intuitively, the less likely the decision is to be made randomly.
That they are “equally bright and colorful” (even if that is objectively true) doesn't mean that there is no basis for preference, just that how bright and colorful they are isn't the basis.
That’s...not what “random” means. That is, if anything, a factor that makes the choice less likely to be random. The greater commitment of resources that needs to be made, intuitively, the less likely the decision is to be made randomly.
That they are “equally bright and colorful” (even if that is objectively true) doesn't mean that there is no basis for preference, just that how bright and colorful they are isn't the basis.