Daniel Dennett

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.

American Philosopher

John Maeda

Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities.

American Designer

Simon Conway Morris

I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn't boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent.

British Scientist

Christopher Buckley

The needs of the nation are not necessarily convergent with the needs of the deadline satirist.

American Novelist

Use 'convergent' when different thoughts or ideas are coming to an agreement or common point.

Mental Unity

'Convergent' implies a sense of harmony in a discussion, as different opinions unify.

Harmony in Discussion

In math, 'convergent' describes numbers getting closer to a specific value but not necessarily reaching it.

Mathematical Limit

'Convergent' often implies that a mathematical process is stable and predictable when approaching a limit.

Indicator of Stability

Use 'convergent' in biology to describe when different species develop similar features separately.

Evolutionary Similarities

In biology, 'convergent' emphasizes independent adaptation to similar environments by different species.

Independent Adaptation

In computing, 'convergent' refers to merging technologies to enhance convenience and functionality.

Tech Integration

'Convergent' in tech often suggests a device's ability to replace several others by integrating functions.

Multifunctional Devices

 And despite the distant relation, convergent evolution has made it remarkably similar to the human brain, with as many neurons and synapses and a highly developed hippocampus and cerebral cortex. It is the hippocampus, strongly associated with emotion, that aids recollection

Why elephants never...

 Because it gives us a new way of tackling problems. Instead of defaulting to our normal convergent approach where we make the best choice out of available alternatives, it encourages us to take a divergent approach, to explore new alternatives, new solutions,

Tim Brown urges...

 specially convergent evolution is linear species for sure close-up view this fall but it sounds a bit like other ones evolutionary biologists think that if empty habitat and niche space is