It’s only possible to demonstrate evolution in finely tuned environments specifically designed to show it off (like a computer program for example) so I don’t think you’ll be able to demonstrate it like that. Also Darwins contribution to the theory was minimal at best, he’s just used as a figurehead because he wrote down the status quo slightly sooner than anyone else.
Also Darwins contribution to the theory was minimal at best, he’s just used as a figurehead because he wrote down the status quo slightly sooner than anyone else.
I did just learn this today (oddly enough, in the very first page of Origin of Species). [edit: I knew that there was at least one other person developing the theory concurrently, but I didn’t know that Darwin was just a few incremental steps beyond the general consensus]
It’s only possible to demonstrate evolution in finely tuned environments specifically designed to show it off (like a computer program for example) so I don’t think you’ll be able to demonstrate it like that.
Over the past few hours I’ve been discussing some ideas with others and mostly come to this conclusion. It would definitely be a hard problem, although I’d enjoy the problem enough to work at it for a while.
It’s only possible to demonstrate evolution in finely tuned environments specifically designed to show it off (like a computer program for example) so I don’t think you’ll be able to demonstrate it like that. Also Darwins contribution to the theory was minimal at best, he’s just used as a figurehead because he wrote down the status quo slightly sooner than anyone else.
Kind of merciless, just like natural selection. Only the rabbit that gets to the hole slightly sooner than the wolf lives on.
Genetic algorithms are used in practical contexts. See for example this use of genetic algorithms to make a more efficient radio antennas(pdf).
I did just learn this today (oddly enough, in the very first page of Origin of Species). [edit: I knew that there was at least one other person developing the theory concurrently, but I didn’t know that Darwin was just a few incremental steps beyond the general consensus]
Over the past few hours I’ve been discussing some ideas with others and mostly come to this conclusion. It would definitely be a hard problem, although I’d enjoy the problem enough to work at it for a while.