Computer program "mutate"

[Dukey]

But wait...



So god created lucifer who created satan so technically god did not create satan yes?

But then he takes credit for inventing algorithms that, in reality scientists (that he created) invented? Seems a little contradictory...

satan is not the one who created the scientists

 

[Dukey]

I think random guy had it right.

someone has to stand up for whats right

 

[Dukey]

Fixed.

thats not what i said; you should quote me exactly if you want all the facts

 

[Dukey]

I think Satan sent you here to distort this thread, Dukey.

nope

 

[wagsbags]

Dukey, what does this have to do with evolution?

 

[random_guy]

Dukey, what does this have to do with evolution?

I have a theory that Creationists will always have to have the last word. If they are ever shown to be wrong, they'll fall onto the God card to fix it.

Dukey found out that GA's work, so he pulled the God card. However, he might've used it too soon because his argument has been torn apart. I suspect we'll see the card be put back into play, though. Whoever made it have a casting cost of 0 mana needs to be hit over the head (I'm look at you Wizards of the Coast).

 

[Jet Black]

do you have solid evidence that this program actually worked? its a zillion to one odds

http://www.cs.laurentian.ca/badams/evolution/EvolutionApplet102.html

the description is very similar to Dawkins' program - try it.

I also saw the demonstration on TV.

 

[Jet Black]

God made the genetic algorithms though; God made everything

this is basically what Theistic Evolutionists think : that God made the universe so that life, particularly humans I suppose, could come about.

 

[wagsbags]

I have a theory that Creationists will always have to have the last word. If they are ever shown to be wrong, they'll fall onto the God card to fix it.

Dukey found out that GA's work, so he pulled the God card. However, he might've used it too soon because his argument has been torn apart. I suspect we'll see the card be put back into play, though. Whoever made it have a casting cost of 0 mana needs to be hit over the head (I'm look at you Wizards of the Coast).

I dunno I often find that when they're proved to be wrong they disapear from the thread and then the next day you catch them making the same claim in a new thread.

 

[nvxplorer]

I dunno I often find that when they're proved to be wrong they disapear from the thread and then the next day you catch them making the same claim in a new thread.

Unless the creationist is claiming evolution to be racist. Then he just pollutes the same thread day in and day out.

 

[nvxplorer]

nope

yep

 

[Dukey]

Dukey, what does this have to do with evolution?

i'll be quiet then; sorry

 

[Dukey]

http://www.cs.laurentian.ca/badams/evolution/EvolutionApplet102.html

the description is very similar to Dawkins' program - try it.

I also saw the demonstration on TV.

is my computer powerful enough to run this program?

 

[Dukey]

this is basically what Theistic Evolutionists think : that God made the universe so that life, particularly humans I suppose, could come about.

thats what i believe; i just believe that God did it all at once though

 

[Dukey]

yep

nope, sorry

 

[nvxplorer]

nope, sorry

yep, double sorry

 

[Norseman]

is my computer powerful enough to run this program?

Should be. I ran it just fine.

Edit: However, once you start getting around 100,000 children, and strings that are composed of a few hundred letters, it will begin to slow down. I noticed little improvement between 10,000 and 100,000 children, so I assume you'd only want so many if you wanted to take on a really long string.

 

[mikeski52]

Should be. I ran it just fine.

Edit: However, once you start getting around 100,000 children, and strings that are composed of a few hundred letters, it will begin to slow down. I noticed little improvement between 10,000 and 100,000 children, so I assume you'd only want so many if you wanted to take on a really long string.

What if the string is a few tens of thousands of letters long?

 

[random_guy]

What if the string is a few tens of thousands of letters long?

The program will still work, it just might take longer for the answer to converge.

 

[mikeski52]

how much longer tho? I'm thinking genetics. like if the human genome contains 20-25000 genes, how long would it take for them to converge into current human form? Also remember it would take much longer in real life than it would in a simple computer program. This is also presupposing that the beginnings of the human ancestry started out with the same number of genes.