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Software engineering teaches us to identify defects and fix them, which is all fine and proper when you fully understand the root cause and the impact of the fi
by jl6 5y ago
Software engineering teaches us to identify defects and fix them, which is all fine and proper when you fully understand the root cause and the impact of the fix. But eugenic "fixing" of genetic "bugs" is more akin to deleting a whole module because you think it caused an error message. Maybe the error message goes away, but maybe you'll find out later that module was doing something useful after all.
- galaxyLogic 5y agoI think it is that way, the output of genes is determined by what they do together, they all affect each other's function. This is possible because they evolved together and that is why they together are resilient against changes in the environment.. It is not like a program where flipping a single bit can crash the whole program.