I came up with the idea of evolutionary algorithms when I was 15 or 16, and was quite annoyed to find out the idea already existed. Of course, if it hadn't exis

I came up with the idea of evolutionary algorithms when I was 15 or 16, and was quite annoyed to find out the idea already existed. Of course, if it hadn't existed, if wouldn't have mattered, because I sure as hell wasn't going to implement it.