Okay thanks Edwin Clark, this part was very funny to me:
No psionic fields, no morphic resonances, no élan vital, no dualism. It’s all right there. And the fact that it can still support complex adaptively appropriate structures that do things is also important.
Curiosity about “Psionic fields” and “morphic resonances” aside, this sentiment echoes Queen’s Gambit Beth’s feeling about the chess board. But I agree with Beth, there is more to life—including the fact that lotus seeds can live dormant for 100s of years before planting. That it is more an issue what Darwin cares about! How can GOL represent a seed that lies dormant from t=0...300, then expands exponentially over the next 100 or 200 timesteps? Congratulations Thomas and Adam for the Life mention in NYT, much better PR than being suspect accused of murder/suicide puppeteering in NBT!!! Here’s to a lot better 2021, hopefully! —Brad
On Dec 28, 2020, at 8:39 PM, Brad Klee <bradklee@gmail.com> wrote:
Okay, tried, didn't work, prob. has to do w/ IP logging, or maybe I'm too stypid to delete cookies right. --Brad
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:12 PM Fred Lunnon <fred.lunnon@gmail.com> wrote: << Paywalled this, is paywalled that, can't even read this, can't even read that, What's new in the world of the Game of Life of genomics? >>
Try closing the NYT page, deleting cookies ("clear browsing data" or whatever), re-opening the page.
On 12/29/20, Brad Klee <bradklee@gmail.com> wrote:
Paywalled this, is paywalled that, can't even read this, can't even read that, What's new in the world of the Game of Life of genomics?
Although the genus Nelumbo is very old according to the fossil record, the two extant species in the genus are estimated to be quite young, having diverged approximately 1.5 (0.3–4.2) Ma (Table 2). Thus, rather than representing relicts from different ancestors on different continents, they appear to have diverged from a common ancestor. The two species can be artificially hybridized, and a conspecific status has been suggested(Huang et al., 1992). The dispute over the specific status of the two species had been discussed previously (Tian& Zhou, 2006).
Quoted from combat files with Chas or Julian or whoever. Read at your own risk, Not Safe For Work or University:
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.religion.buddhism.nichiren/c/dndT6A5WUIs
Happy New Year,
--Brad
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 7:10 PM Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
Very, very cool!
—Dan
On Monday/28December/2020, at 4:20 PM, Bernie Cosell < bernie@fantasyfarm.com> wrote:
via the NYtimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/28/science/math-conway-game-of-life.html
/b\ Bernie Cosell bernie@fantasyfarm.com -- Too many people; too few sheep --
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