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timtyler comments on Value evolution - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: PhilGoetz 08 December 2011 11:47PM

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Comment author: timtyler 09 December 2011 11:54:07AM 0 points [-]

Runaway forms of selection would seem to work against your point.

Agents selecting for novelty would tend to disturb any evolutionary equilibrium.