I do realize this article is quite old, but I think it has relavence to the discussions of the day.
To: 75thOVI; AndrewC; Avoiding_Sulla; BenLurkin; Berosus; CGVet58; chilepepper; ckilmer; demlosers; ...
Excerpt is boring, but the article is so-so. :') A more pertinent quote for the list:
Many evolutionary biologists and paleontologists believe that the fossil evidence available to us suggests natural evolution proceeds in fits and starts. But many of them have assumed that external catastrophes, such as asteroid impacts and climate changes, were responsible. In artificial life, these fits and starts seem to be inevitable--but still puzzling-- consequences of the general features of evolution. Artificial life also seems to say to us that there is a natural propensity for evolving systems- -be they biospheres or cyberspheres--toward more complexity and organization.
"Maybe the universe is a hologram." -- Pribram
2 posted on
10/14/2006 12:55:52 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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To: phoenix0468
Not chaos, KAOS
and it's not the Craw, it's the Craw!
7 posted on
10/16/2006 11:43:27 AM PDT by
Phsstpok
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