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Re:A simple mechanism could have been decisive for the devel... by jabgrabdthrow on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:38AM (#17144366)
In the familiar Game of Life automata the smallest known replicator takes 34 million generations:

http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=399&start=0

But in HighLife there is a trivial replicator:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicator_(cellular_automat...

Of course for life you need not just replication but mutation and antifraility

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