Question

who knows the formula of evolution?

Answer 1

Evolution?

I know Malthusian population growth:\[\frac{dP}{dt}=kP.\]

Answer 2

no. evolution (life existence)

Answer 3

Never mind. That was actually a nonsense question. I just wanna see your reaction towaeds the question.

Answer 4

Haha. I guess my reaction was more of a "corrective" one than a "wtf" one. ^^

Answer 5

susanne mayb he was expectin the later one :P

Answer 6

haha. . Then, that's the reaction!

Answer 7

1 universe + 1 star + 1 planet + ~144000000km + liquid water + heat +... = evolution.

Answer 8

how about galaxy? lol (fewscrewsmissing)

Answer 9

Oh right. Because galaxy is the only thing missing from my little list :-P

Answer 10

Haha. . But, thanks for that. Then, I have something to debate on monday in my peers. . just kidding.

Answer 11

Evolution isn't a mathematical concept and it isn't completely understood. There's no formula, it's just a pattern that all natural life appears to follow - certain physiological traits give species xyz a particular advantage in some kind of way, and that trait is passed on to the next generation. Turns out that trait helps the species survive better than other competitors and suddenly BAMN, everyone has hands.

Answer 12

That's true, but we have derived a couple methods inspired from it. E.g., genetic algorithms were the most fun part of my undergraduate cs career!

Answer 13

Yeah we have, but that's mostly population growth and the like isn't it? I mean we can predict population growth over x years maybe, but not evolution over x*10^6 years :-P

Answer 14

http://www.obitko.com/tutorials/genetic-algorithms/

Btw, loving the current Google Doodle.

Answer 15

Ah I thought you said generic algorithms, relating to population growth etc. Interesting, haven't heard of these.

Answer 16

I know the song of evolution though:

Our whole universe was in a hot dense state,
Then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started. Wait...
The Earth began to cool,
The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools,
We built a wall (we built the pyramids),
Math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries,
That all started with the big bang!

Answer 17

Since the dawn of man" is really not that long,
As every galaxy was formed in less time than it takes to sing this song.
A fraction of a second and the elements were made.
The bipeds stood up straight,
The dinosaurs all met their fate,
They tried to leap but they were late
And they all died (they froze their asses off)
The oceans and pangea
See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya
Set in motion by the same big bang!

It all started with the big BANG!

It's expanding ever outward but one day
It will cause the stars to go the other way,
Collapsing ever inward, we won't be here, it wont be hurt
Our best and brightest figure that it'll make an even bigger bang!

Australopithecus would really have been sick of us
Debating out while here they're catching deer (we're catching viruses)
Religion or astronomy, Encarta, Deuteronomy
It all started with the big bang!

Music and mythology, Einstein and astrology
It all started with the big bang!
It all started with the big BANG!

Answer 18

Hahaha.