Thunderf00t:
"While going through the old vids, getting together the why do people laugh at creationists series (WDPLAC) I came across the 'lost' material of an evolutionary algorithm (writing out code to the free ray tracer, POV).
The video I always thought was under-rated, so I figured I would re-rub it with better titles and in wide-screen.
Incidentally, evolutionary algorithm (EAs) are among the easiest to write, and its fascinating to look at the detail in these simulation in that you can see genetic drift on 'unimportant' (non-critical/non selected genes). From memory (it's been a few years) the 'bugs' were defined by about 50 genes, I cant remember if reproduction was sexual or not. Indeed it's frequently the case that its hard to see the selected genes, although they obviously have to be there. Further of course the real differences are only visible over multiple generations.
EAs are maybe the simplest way to demonstrate that evolution is an logical consequence of the intrinsic properties of life. If you have imperfect replication in an environment where there is attrition, evolution is inevitable."
8 Comments
LarsaruSsays...Good video and excellent *music if I may say so...
siftbotsays...Invocations (music) cannot be called by LarsaruS because LarsaruS is not privileged - sorry.
antsays...>> ^LarsaruS:
Good video and excellent music if I may say so...
*music
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Music) - requested by ant.
antsays...*nature
siftbotsays...Adding video to channels (Nature) - requested by ant.
imstellar28says...Any creationist/ID proponents want to pipe in and give their opinion on the video? Did it do anything for you? Change your mind any? Provide any insight?
Just curious.
Psychologicsays...Believing that the planet is less than 10,000 years old involves purposefully ignoring some fairly obvious evidence. I doubt any video would change that.
>> ^imstellar28:
Any creationist/ID proponents want to pipe in and give their opinion on the video? Did it do anything for you? Change your mind any? Provide any insight?
Just curious.
Discuss...
Enable JavaScript to submit a comment.