An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology: Zen and the Art of Creating Life
@article{Ray1993AnEA,
title={An Evolutionary Approach to Synthetic Biology: Zen and the Art of Creating Life},
author={Thomas S. Ray},
journal={Artificial Life},
year={1993},
volume={1},
pages={179-209}
}Our concepts of biology, evolution, and complexity are constrained by having observed only a single instance of life, life on earth. A truly comparative biology is needed to extend these concepts. Because we cannot observe life on other planets, we are left with the alternative of creating Artificial Life forms on earth. I will discuss the approach of inoculating evolution by natural selection into the medium of the digital computer. This is not a physical/chemical medium; it is a logical…
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