Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Crichton's "Prey"

[Steve Railsback]

North, Michael wrote:
> Steve:
>
> I'd argue that collections of independent agents, interacting locally
> with a changing set of neighbors, can learn without evolution, although
> this depends on what you identify as the "agents."  If you define agents
> as people, then human social systems learn this way.  However, if you
> define agent as memes or ideas then the learning requires birth and
> death.

So- maybe if the agents themselves are pretty smart? That was ambiguous 
in the novel- the agents were not described clearly but seemed to be 
evolved microchips with wings and eyes.

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