I played around with Mutation Planet (an evolution simulator) on my old iPad and one of the interesting things was how critical the ‘nop’ instruction was to cre

I played around with Mutation Planet (an evolution simulator) on my old iPad and one of the interesting things was how critical the ‘nop’ instruction was to creatures’ survival. At first the faster creatures always won but as population increased and food become more scarce the balance shifted and the lazier/more efficient creatures thrived while the faster ones starved.