Tom Morris: 2004-05-24

2004.05.24

Evolution in computing --TZ

I've just created a page for EvoWiki entitled Evolutionary theory in computer science has been unsuccesful. It is based on an article which claimed that because computer scientists and robotics engineers haven't been succesful in building an evolving robot design (a computer that would design another robot) that this is evidence against the theory of evolution. Which is bullshit, of course.

Do use EvoWiki - it's a great source of information and also, it's "creationist claims" section is particularly useful in discussions. Instead of expending enormous amounts of time proving creationists wrong, you just copy and paste the relevant URL in to the discussion!

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Tom Morris tom@tommorris.org

Currently in: Kent, England

Usually in: East Sussex, England

I am a vegetarian, an atheist, like to code in Ruby and Scala (and Java, but let’s not talk about that), and noodle about with microformats and the Semantic Web.

I have an MA in philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London. My philosophical interests are in analytic metaphysics, ontology, modality, the work of Armstrong, Lewis, Kripke, Russell and Plato. I have a strange, unfulfilled interest in Gadamer’s hermeneutics. I’ve been influenced by Gadamer, by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rawls and Nozick.

Musically, I like jazz fusion, soul and P-Funk. My musical nirvana would be a mixture of Beethoven, Miles Davis and George Clinton topped with a side-serving of Erykah, Jill and Angie.

I also write for the Citizendium, an online encyclopedia project. If you know about stuff, you should join in. I occasionally produce audio recordings for The Pod Delusion.

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