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In article <wilkins-ya02408000R3004971200150001@newshost.wehi.edu.au>,
wilkins@wehi.edu.au.UNSPAM (John Wilkins) wrote:

>As to eyes, and the general situation of complex adaptive structures as
>they are called, you should first read Richard Dawkins's _Climbing Mount
>Improbable_ which is in the shops now in paperback, and then go on to a
>proper text on evolution, eg, by Ayala or Ridley. You do not seem to have a
>good technical grasp of the subject of biological evolution. Dawkins has
>also done a computer simulation of evolution called (IIRC) Tierra, which
>can be purchased, but I suspect it won't do what you are interested in.


I don't think Dawkins is involved with Tierra, IIRC.  I believe it's 
Tom Ray at the University of Delaware (and others).  Here's some info from 
the TIERRA announcement:


13) Mailing Lists

There are two mailing lists for Tierra users.  The first list is for people
who only want to get the official announcements, updates and bug-fixes. 
The other will carry the official postings, and are intended for discussion
of Tierra by users.  This one is distributed in digest form, when there is
enough material.  The lists are:

tierra-announce      official updates, patches and announcements only
tierra-digest        discussion, updates, etc. (digest form)

The addresses are:
 
tierra-request@life.slhs.udel.edu   the list administrator (Tom Ray?) to be 
         added, removed, or complain about problems with any of these lists.
tierra-digest@life.slhs.udel.edu    to post to the list.
tierra-bug@life.slhs.udel.edu       for bug-reports or questions about the 
         code or installation.     

You may also be interested in the Artificial Life mailing list.  Subscribe
to the list by sending a message to: alife-request@cognet.ucla.edu.  Post to
the list by sending a message to:alife@cognet.ucla.edu.  There is a new
Artificial Life news group: comp.ai.alife.


I'd suggest nosing around on comp.ai.alife for more info.

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