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I investigated this in a simulation 8 years ago, link here and a paper in the description https://youtu.be/UVyTu3o2A9U https://youtu.be/UVyTu3o2A9U

• jacquesm 8y ago
  That's awesome! How valid is a two dimensional simulation like this for a three dimensional phenomenon?
  • EddieSpeaks 8y ago
    Simple I guess, easy to extrapolate this to 3d but convection currents are 2d in nature so not much has to change
• diegoperini 8y ago
  I have no idea what I watched. Can you ELI5?
  • EddieSpeaks 8y ago
    An emergent lifelike property, the paper describes it. I noticed that it was fairly easy to build up a propulsion system without even explicitly coding it.
• mattbettinson 8y ago
  This is absolutely fascinating. Where should I start if I wanted to pursue this kind of thing?