Tag: Gregory Chaitin
What Can and Can’t Darwin’s Algorithm Compute?
A number of seminal papers have been published attempting to formalize Darwin’s biological theory from the point of view of computational sciences.
Greg Chaitin: Reading Berlinski “As the Lights of Western Civilization Go Out”
“Wonderfully unconventional and stimulating, with David Berlinski’s characteristic wit and penetrating insight!”
Evolutionary Biologist Backs Off from Computer Simulations
PZ Myers is an atheist activist and evolutionary biologist whose blog is more about promoting his left-wing politics than it is about evolution.
Top Ten Questions and Objections to Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics
An evolutionary program whose goal is to master chess will never evolve further and offer investment advice.
Why Evolution Simulations Fail: Author of Evolutionary Informatics Book Explains
Winston Ewert argues that Richard Dawkins’s “Methinks It Is Like a Weasel” simulation doesn’t prove biological evolution and isn’t even very interesting.