http://www.metafilter.com/tags/nkots Posts tagged with 'nkots' at MetaFilter. Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:28:12 -0800 Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:28:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/4541/ <i>"One of the most esteemed documents of modern paleontology is Stephen Jay Gould's doctoral thesis on shells. According to Gould, the fact that there are thousands of potential shell shapes in the world, but only a half dozen actual shell forms, is evidence of natural selection. <a target=_top href="http://www.forbes.com/asap/2000/1127/162_print.html" >Not so, says Wolfram</a>. He's discovered a mathematical error in Gould's argument, and that, in fact, there are only six possible shell shapes, and all of them exist in the world. "</i> A must-read article. tag:metafilter.com,2000:site.4541 Wed, 29 Nov 2000 18:28:12 -0800 automata nkots wolfram costas