Comment Re:Brilliant! (Score 1) 326
Under your misunderstood point of view, you should be very surprised that this worked at all. 50 Random polygons would of course eventually approximate any picture, but the number of tries would be enormous. This is the usual creationist fallacy against evolution theory.
Your algorithm's "description" is missing the selection: after a number **small** mutations, the best one is selected, and only then repeat. The resulting effectiveness is still somewhat surprinsing, but entirely understandable in mathematical terms.
An analogous experiment is described in Richard Dawkins' book "The blind Watchmaker" with the phrase "Methinks it is like a weasel". Still, this "demonstration" of evolution theory must be criticized because it is teleological: there is a final, "perfect" model to be reached. Nonetheless, it explains why selection is a key aspect of evolution.
Your algorithm's "description" is missing the selection: after a number **small** mutations, the best one is selected, and only then repeat. The resulting effectiveness is still somewhat surprinsing, but entirely understandable in mathematical terms.
An analogous experiment is described in Richard Dawkins' book "The blind Watchmaker" with the phrase "Methinks it is like a weasel". Still, this "demonstration" of evolution theory must be criticized because it is teleological: there is a final, "perfect" model to be reached. Nonetheless, it explains why selection is a key aspect of evolution.
