Re: Evolution + Synthetic Life
Posted:
Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:17 am
by noddy
my initial thought is an obessession with "species" is required to maintain a decent grip on this argument, and thats why I tend to leave it alone.
"species" is like most human concepts, a somewhat useful simplification of a much more nuanced complexity.
Re: Evolution + Synthetic Life
Posted:
Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:49 pm
by Tinker
Endovelico I've been reading about that. It's very interesting. Lamarck is beating the crap out of Darwin these days.
Re: Evolution + Synthetic Life
Posted:
Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:49 am
by noddy
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... ution.htmlcant read it all cause im too stingy to have a membership, but the bit I can read goes into the tedious detail on "random" which many people seem to miss when discussing the subject.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg2 ... y-eat.htmlmore on the Lamark angle via another interesting article on how fat dads can stuff their sperm up