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improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,10:18    One of the posters from the RD forums set up a site that lets people select (end thereby evolve) randomly generated faces. Anyway, I think it's a pretty cool application of selection theory.  Here's the link. The original post is in this thread. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

qetzal Posts: 311 Joined: Feb. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,10:55    Doesn't work for me, using IE7. Gives a message saying "No canvas (try it in Firefox instead)."

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,11:29    I've been using FF almost exclusively for a while now.  I got tired of IE7 crashing and just gave up on it. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

blipey Posts: 2061 Joined: June 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,11:42    I would never use IE7 again, except HP and Microsoft update won't work with Firefox.  Damn proprietary Darwinist, intellectual, elitist, Yankee fans!!! edited for topicality: really like the face generator.  Any bets on how long it takes for the first IDiot to misunderstand what is going on and complain of front-loading the software? -------------- But I get the trick question- there isn't any such thing as one molecule of water. -JoeG And scientists rarely test theories. -Gary Gaulin

dheddle Posts: 545 Joined: Sep. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,13:49    That is pretty darn cool, although the face that evolved looks like a cross between Genghis Khan and Natalie Portman. I would have preferred just Natalie Portman. -------------- Mysticism is a rational enterprise. Religion is not. The mystic has recognized something about the nature of consciousness prior to thought, and this recognition is susceptible to rational discussion. The mystic has reason for what he believes, and these reasons are empirical. --Sam Harris

improvius Posts: 807 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,14:15    Quote (dheddle @ Oct. 05 2007,14:49) That is pretty darn cool, although the face that evolved looks like a cross between Genghis Khan and Natalie Portman. I would have preferred just Natalie Portman. Remember, all of the faces we're seeing now are transitional  ;) .  Just keep going back and selecting the ones that look more like Natalie.  I'll bet we'll see quite a bit of difference in just a day or two.  Even since yesterday, the changes have been dramatic. -------------- Quote (afdave @ Oct. 02 2006,18:37) Many Jews were in comfortable oblivion about Hitler ... until it was too late. Many scientists will persist in comfortable oblivion about their Creator ... until it is too late.

Richardthughes Posts: 11177 Joined: Jan. 2006 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,14:23    YES BUT YOU'VE ALL SMUGGLED THE INFORMATION IN / IT WAS FRONTLOADED..   -------------- "Richardthughes, you magnificent bastard, I stand in awe of you..." : Arden Chatfield "You magnificent bastard! " : Louis "ATBC poster child", "I have to agree with Rich.." : DaveTard "I bow to your superior skills" : deadman_932 "...it was Richardthughes making me lie in bed.." : Kristine

Venus Mousetrap Posts: 201 Joined: Aug. 2007 (Permalink) Posted: Oct. 05 2007,21:05    The ID answer is fairly obvious: in this case, unlike most sims where Dembski can pretend that somehow humans are always unwittingly smuggling in the information when they tweak the variables... an intelligence is doing all the selecting. I have a question: because the program asks for only a face, is it likely that the odd background clutter which sometimes looks like hair, will ever calm down, or will it get randomised because it's not selected for?

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