The author is simply ignorant. This kind of evolution of simulated amoeba-like organisms was done over 20 years ago with Tierra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T

The author is simply ignorant. This kind of evolution of simulated amoeba-like organisms was done over 20 years ago with Tierra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierra_(computer_simulation)