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Mutating Animations

Posted by michael on from the learning-to-fly-but-i-ain't-got-wings dept.

Weird_one writes "Discover magazine's current issue has an intriguing article involving using genetic algorithims to evolve an animation of a walking individual."

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  1. "Reinforcement learning" by Wolfrider · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    --Wow, that does sound interesting. Anyone care to explain the concept in maybe a paragraph?

    --On the other side: Whenever I see stuff like this in an article, it really tweaks me:

    > Watching the time-lapse video clips, one can't help but marvel how this virtual evolution is roughly analogous to the real-world evolution of our ancestors millions of years ago when they first began to walk upright across the savannas of Africa.

    --Blegh, what a bunch of hooey. Um, just a thought to all you Slashdot readers out there: If you haven't yet done so, DON'T accept the "theory of evolution" blindly - INVESTIGATE IT. Thoroughly. Having done so myself, and basing my decision on evidence seen with my own eyes, I can confidently point to the Bible and the book of Genesis and say "Yup, that makes a lot more sense than me being descended from some kind of monkey."

    --I suggest you start here:
    http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/q a.asp
    http://www.answersingenesis.org/Home/Area/m agazine s.asp

    [ /me puts on flame-retardant suit ]

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    == WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??