No you made a general statement about the author "that he is ignorant of how they work." You said it was obvious. Later you presented links as some sort of support for what you stated. I quoted the site to show that intelligence is required.
I'm not arguing about how genetic algorithms work. I'm arguing that a genetic algorithm is in the same class as the "To be or not to be" program I cited in post 65. The solution/search/state space is exactly the same for it as any other genetic algorithm for that particular problem. It just goes about finding the "fit" ones in an overtly obvious way.
Which shows you do NOT understand genetic algorithms - implementation or application. You say you're a programmer, go and LEARN about them. I've posted excellent references to them, and on that Java site there are even code samples you can examine to disabuse yourself of your notions about GAs.
It's really fruitless to argue about GAs; you don't understand them, you admit you don't understand them, and apparently you have no desire to understand them.