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Stephen Wolfram Readings: Why Does Biological Evolution Work

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Longevity and Patterns in Cellular Automata

The chapter explores the distribution of lifetimes in cellular automaton rules, focusing on achieving long lifetimes through various examples and ideas. It highlights the patterns of alternation between periodic and random behavior in rules with extended lifetimes and the challenges in predicting outcomes due to computational equivalence.

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