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# sins - Scrap is not Scrap
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## About
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This experiment began out of a fascination with a public school education in biology and a dissatisfaction with genetic algorithms with their ability to do work.
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Work is for chumps; entropy is less energy... er.
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### [Artifical Life Slideshow](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P5wEIuympcGkyadeAofbZbJqTmpwpZGw9-DXg5_P7Ms)
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## Quick Start
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### Ubuntu 16.04
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python3 run.py -provision
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python3 run.py -build
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python3 run.py
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## (not so) FAQ
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What biology? All I see is bad code.
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Biology is a great example of a tremendous waste of time, so I love to be inspired by it.
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Other than that, there isn't really anything else here except a bunch of pseudoscience regarding dissent with modification.
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Computers are generally deterministic except in specific circumstances which makes producing new functionality in code the programmer's responsibility.
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The field of artificial intelligence attempts to reproduce human intelligence through deterministic computing and has come a long way in recent years.
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Artificial intelligence still has predictable results--we have a few tests for human intelligence, the most common being the [Turing test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test).
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Intelligence is a bad thing now?
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Yes, Siri.
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What does this all have to do with scrap not being scrap?
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I have a habit of calling new projects "scrap" until I can think of a better name for them.
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I like to think that scrap is no longer scrap but you get to decided that one for yourself.
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I also originally named components after biblical figures but decided that was a sin against Father Darwin.
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