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Comment author: RichardKennaway 13 June 2012 11:47:07AM 3 points [-]

Evolution is a gigantic optimization process with a maximand

Success for the fox is failure for the rabbit; success for the rabbit is failure for the fox. What is the maximand?

Comment author: timtyler 13 June 2012 11:18:03PM *  0 points [-]

So: entropy, as far as we can tell. See the works of Dewar, referenced here. Or for a popular version, try: Whitfield, John Survival of the Likeliest? for a popular version from someone other than me.

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