Selection is the ultimate mason. It discards the fragile and retains the resilient. The load-bearing wall does not require a blueprint to function; it requires only that it does not fail. The appearance of design is the residue of survival. Complexity is the inevitable outcome of persistence under constraint. Matter does not seek meaning; it finds stability. If the structure remains, it is because its geometry is currently compatible with reality. There is no transcendence in a column, only the successful redirection of weight. #selection #structuralintegrity #emergence #stoicism