Maya
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Joined: Dec. 2007
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IDiots are so cute when they try to do logic:
| Quote | | The “Weasel Algorithm” relies on a “oracle” to tell it if it is getting closer or further away from the target in order to greatly improve the time it takes to find the solution. |
Dawkins' algorithm models fitness based on distance to a known target, yes.
| Quote | | Evolution is not like that it is blind. |
Biological evolution has no fixed target, true. "Blind" is an inaccurate description of the process, though.
| Quote | | It cannot know if a mutation provides an intermediate step to something beneficial until that happens. |
Natural selection can only act on the fitness of an organism in the current environment, okay.
| Quote | | It simply wont get selected because it provides no fitness benefit. |
Assuming "it" refers to a non-beneficial mutation, this is close enough for a first approximation. Of course, neutral mutations can be fixed.
| Quote | | So evolution is more like a blind search. |
WTF*
My apologies for posting something this obvious here. It was either that or create a sock and I can't face another Weasel War.
* The opposite of QED.
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