Re:A Lizard with Scales That Behave Like a Cellular Automaton
by db48x on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @11:06PM
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Wolfram's "A New Kind of Science" is extremely overstated.
On the other hand, I think Turing first suggested that animal coloration might turn out to be related to cellular automata. Sadly that's the kind of over-broad suggestion that turns out to be largely untrue, with possibly only a few exceptions. Mosty it's probably X-inactivation.
Re:A Lizard with Scales That Behave Like a Cellular Automaton
by db48x on Thursday April 13, 2017 @01:11PM
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Well, now that it's morning I can't say that it's "mostly" X inactivation; male zebras and tigers are striped so that's not going to be X inactivation.
On the other hand, I think Turing first suggested that animal coloration might turn out to be related to cellular automata. Sadly that's the kind of over-broad suggestion that turns out to be largely untrue, with possibly only a few exceptions. Mosty it's probably X-inactivation.