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Do you run evo-simulation?
Numsgil:
Muller's Ratchet, as Schvarz mentioned before, is the overwhelming law of thumb in this case.
I myself didn't know about Muller's Ratchet until Schvarz and AZPaul mentioned it a few months ago.
The concept, basically, is that once an organism has a harmful mutation in a vital gene, neither it nor it's descendants have a chance to recieve a good copy of that gene. And if this organism is more successful than an organism without this mutation in the short run (like the creation of a cannibot (or a cousinonly-cannibot especially)) then this deletrious mutation will get spread to future generations.
Wiki link:
Muller's Ratchet.
DB is definately along the right tracks for realism. I don't think I've ever heard of Muller's Ratchet being so harmful to another AL sim before. BTW, once you get sexual reproduction, the negative effects of Muller's Ratchet are largely nullified.
shvarz:
Read my lips... err.. fingers: S-H-V-A-R-Z :pokey:
I am in extremely angry mood today :help: That's what whole week spent working on computer does to me. Otherwise I am just an :bigginangel:
Numsgil:
uh... did I mention spelling isn't my strong point?
Greven:
Sorry Shvarz, I had no intentions to insult you, but what PY is saying, is actual what I mean, I sometimes have great and clear thoughts :D , but I have a had time converting them into proper words! :(
--- Quote ---We have been through this kind of thing before and my main problem has always been that there is no way that any bot can ever develop something that cannot be manually programmed. Therefore the physical restrictions of the bot's DNA code also restrict things that it can evolve into.
--- End quote ---
Again this is true! Humans has done the opposite through the entire recorded history. Looking at the nature and copying it! (To some extent)
But think about an eye! The complex structure is so ilogical. Think about trying to make an eye from scrath in the real world? Or making an camera with the same structure that an eye have!
Everthing in this world can be DNA-coded (again to some extent), and many things in DB might appear before our eyes, that we didnt think of!
I know that I am comparing DB with the real world, but then again some (major) adjustments will make more (fun) evolution simulations.
Greven:
I promised to creat an entire new DNA structure in the weekend!
This project I have undertaken is much larger than I ever thought of!
There are so many things to think of, it is very difficult to have 1000 of things in mind.
It may take atleast a week more! :)
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