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by Hurdegaryp » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:13 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 Scamvidia » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:14 am
Hurdegaryp wrote:Scamvidia wrote:Probably.
But on an unrelated topic.. Cookie for the first one to get this quote.
Oh. Hi. So. How are you holding up? BECAUSE I'M A POTATO.
That's from Lords of Chaos by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind, right? If not, it must be a quote from Guy de Maupassant's Bel-Ami.
by Algonquin Ascendancy » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:17 am
by Dumb Ideologies » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:17 am
by Ionian Knights » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:18 am
by Zottistan » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:19 am
Dumb Ideologies wrote:One of my colleagues made an unpleasant joke about "ladyboys". I reacted with the sort of "boot-to-the-head" snark I ususally reserve for NSG.
This ain't gonna end well.
by Hurdegaryp » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:23 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 Scamvidia » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:24 am
Hurdegaryp wrote:Scamvidia wrote:Um... No...
No? Well, that's surprising. In that case your quote probably originates from Stephen King's Desperation, George Forty's Desert Rats At War, Erik van Ree's Wereldrevolutie, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, Paul Harding's Murder Most Holy, the Battlefield 1942 computer game or the album Hypercube by the Georgian (as in former Soviet republic) death metal band Angel of Disease.
by Hurdegaryp » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:26 am
Scamvidia wrote:Hurdegaryp wrote:No? Well, that's surprising. In that case your quote probably originates from Stephen King's Desperation, George Forty's Desert Rats At War, Erik van Ree's Wereldrevolutie, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, Paul Harding's Murder Most Holy, the Battlefield 1942 computer game or the album Hypercube by the Georgian (as in former Soviet republic) death metal band Angel of Disease.
Try Portal 2.
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 Scamvidia » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:27 am
by Algonquin Ascendancy » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:39 am
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by Hurdegaryp » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:44 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 Algonquin Ascendancy » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:47 am
by Hurdegaryp » Thu Apr 25, 2013 8:52 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.
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