Who could have suspected that the humble peanut would be the source of so much online controversy?
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by Hurdegaryp » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:29 am
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
by Hurdegaryp » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:33 am
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
by Hurdegaryp » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:34 am
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
by Immoren » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:38 am
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Ethel mermania » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:45 am
by Valyrian Freeholds » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:45 am
by Immoren » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:54 am
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Valyrian Freeholds » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:56 am
Immoren wrote:Valyrian Freeholds wrote:
Peanuts aren't nuts, they're actually pulses, like lentils.
Yet no-one's bothered to come up with "more correct" name for them.
Funny how some interest groups have wanted to rename some vertebrate species along more "biologically accurate" names, but no-one seems to care about plants.
by Hurdegaryp » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:00 am
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
by Hurdegaryp » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:03 am
Esternial wrote:Hurdegaryp wrote:That's a bit difficult to explain in written text, I'm afraid.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... nootje.ogg
CVT Temp wrote:I mean, we can actually create a mathematical definition for evolution in terms of the evolutionary algorithm and then write code to deal with abstract instances of evolution, which basically equates to mathematical proof that evolution works. All that remains is to show that biological systems replicate in such a way as to satisfy the minimal criteria required for evolution to apply to them, something which has already been adequately shown time and again. At this point, we've pretty much proven that not only can evolution happen, it pretty much must happen since it's basically impossible to prevent it from happening.
by Alyakia » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:18 am
by Immoren » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:21 am
Alyakia wrote:kek is freaking me the fuck out. i only just realized it's literally just lol. do you remember years ago when starcraft was a thing and the koreans all said kekekekekekekekek because that was their lol? then it sort of died out? but now everyone is saying "kek"?
it's like i've taken the red pill. i'm so old i've seen memes rise, die and rise again. it's weird as fuck.
discoursedrome wrote:everyone knows that quote, "I know not what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones," but in a way it's optimistic and inspiring because it suggests that even after destroying civilization and returning to the stone age we'll still be sufficiently globalized and bellicose to have another world war right then and there
by Gallade » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:22 am
by Valyrian Freeholds » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:45 am
Gallade wrote:Hurdegaryp wrote:Personally I'm fully in favour of giving school children a tour of an abattoir while it's doing what the men and machines in an abattoir do best. It never hurts to know where your meat came from.
Indeed. There'll be no on the fencers in the pursuit of omnivorous living.
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