(January 23, 2015 at 10:05 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I'm well acquainted with how these simulations work. I studied computer science in college as well as higher mathematics. I've been working with computers for 35 years. A simulated hurricane is still not a real hurricane, no matter how many analogies between the two you can find.
The process is an evolutionary process if it contains the elements of evolutionary processes. Those elements are:
Replication
Heritable characteristics
Change
Selection
The process that is being carried out in the computer contains those elements, therefore it is reasonable to call the process being carried out in the computer evolutionary.
The evolution of cars was not carried out a computer but is evolution non the less because it contains the elements of evolution.
Cars are replicated on the assembly line(replication)
Their form is determined by a design(heritable characteristic).
The design is changed slightly from model year to model year(change).
If the market doesn't like the design change it is discarded(selection).
