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- From: amorgan@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Crunchy Frog)
- Subject: Re: Random Chess Moves
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.220448.7538@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- References: <n0ea4t@ofa123.fidonet.org> <1992Nov18.153354.21581@asl.dl.nec.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:04:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.153354.21581@asl.dl.nec.com>
- duffy@aslss02.asl.dl.nec.com (Joseph Duffy) writes:
- >
- >The trouble with this analogy is that it overlooks the external influence
- >of an intelligent source. If programs and computers are making improvements
- >using trial and error coupled with randomness ... well you said it yourself
- >above, these are within *programmed* constraints, so the outcome is
- >intelligently bounded.
-
- Not really. In this case the programmer is the universe. The universe
- lets some things happen and not others. It sets constraints (physical
- law) and lets things run within those constraints. Organisms are like
- the program. You could make the argument that this means the universe
- has a creator, let us ignore that for right now. The important thing
- is, IMHO, the program-organism analogy shows that random mutations can
- be beneficial.
-
- C Frog
- >Joe
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