I know, right? How would two consenting adults ever work together to solve problems by communicating? Thankfully we have them stand up daily, without which they'd both just continually walk into the wall like lemmings.
I know you're being facetious but basically yes. Some developers are great at working together and communicating with no formal structure in place. I have found over my career that maybe 50% of developers are absolutely appalling at doing so, and prefer to continue stumbling round in the dark. This applies even to developers who are reasonably technically competent. For these people, the enforced daily standup solves that problem.
You joke, but the "engineers engineer until ready don't break flow" trope is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to a project which is why putting emphasis on _daily_ communication (not just communication) is kinda important.