In the
Random rants thread, Taz and I got on the topic of how random or non-random evolutionary processes are.
Taz mentioned something about evolutionary simulators presumably as evidence supporting his assertion. I responded as thus:
Since I don't want to drag his topic off of course, I thought perhaps this topic would be of great interest. I have yet to see any threads on the subject, which is somewhat surprising to me.
I would like to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Do the famed simulators actually mimic biological systems or is the system designed to produce exactly what the programmer wants?
Here is one such model as a reference for those not yet acquainted with it.
Edited by Nemesis Juggernaut, : Added evolution simulator website for clarification
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