A perhaps interesting side note: when I played around with genetic algorithms it became obvious that initial randomness (or randomness already present in the ge

A perhaps interesting side note: when I played around with genetic algorithms it became obvious that initial randomness (or randomness already present in the gene pool) in combination with chromosomal crossover was far more important than other types of mutation for the create of interesting new gene variants. Anyway, I remember this rule of thumb from somewhere: if a gene gives just a 1% survival advantage, it would take over the population in only 100 generations. It sure seems like this is happening in Tibet.