An example of why it isn't always God: spam-free edition

[Llyranor]

Let's try again. The other thread had potential until some of you just started insulting each other like children.

 

A small piece in the case for Science of Gaps instead of God of gaps:

 

 

Pretty complex hey? How could science possibly explain that?

 

Well, while not actually trying to, it accidentally did:

 

 

It turns out the pattern on the Conus textiles is just a rule 30 cellular automata; the pigments interact according to rule 30 of cellular automata theory.

 

Did you know plants open and close their stomata in a way that looks like either a brain or intelligent being is controlling each single pore to fully maximise oxygen intake and minimise water vapour loss? I believe the complexity of such an optimisation problem is beyond the capacity of even the human brain, yet plants manage it somehow. Is it god? No, it's a cellular automata system. The rules are actually fairly complex, unlike for the Conus textiles, but it basically amounts to every single stomata being linked to every other stomata (through neighbouring stomata) in a domino effect fashion. The cellular automaton quickly and easily solves the optimisation problem posed.

 

Sound like an unlikely explanation? It's not; it's been verified. Not to mention cellular automata have been shown to be very good at solving optimisation problems before; they can be converted to neural networks. Both neural networks and cellular automata are universal Turing machines; any computer created, and algorithm or programming language created, can be replicated by a cellular automaton.

 

Any universe defined by classical mechanics is a deterministic cellular automaton.

 

Further, universal Turing machines (classical type) are a subset of quantum universal Turing machines, as classical mechanics is a subset of quantum mechanics (and indeed classical mechanics is equivalent to a classical universal Turing machine, and the same for quantum mechanics).

 

In fact the simple Game of Life is an example of a universal Turing machine cellular automaton. It's also fun:

http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/

 

Set it to fast and tiny, then throw a bunch of dense clusters of dots on the grid and press start.

[Nick_i_am]

I think it's an interesting subject and a valid one for discussion, but if you decide to raise it again, please do so in a manner less likely to come across as an attack on a fellow community member.

[thepixiesrock]

Hahahahaahahahaahahaha

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Set it to fast and tiny, then throw a bunch of dense clusters of dots on the grid and press start.

 

I had to program something similar for my TI-83+ so it could visually compound fractals - I'll see if I can find the code and post it here.