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@Artisan_recycler When I was a kid, we had half an acre behind our house. I found some dried wild corn cobs my mom had used for decoration and scattered them in the lot. (She probably would've been mad had she known!) I didn't tend them. I just let them grow on their own. I was always fascinated by exactly what you're describing. It was basically a miniature experiment in evolution. I loved the thought of watching the corn adapt generation after generation to the local environment there.

I think about this when I mow the lawn, too. The very same species that might grow wild in the woods outside town grows differently in town because it has adapted to being repetitively mowed by either growing closer to the ground or recovering quickly from the trauma.

I've done a lot of #OpenEndedEvolution software simulations, and I'm a huge fan of #GeneticAlgorithms. All these things fascinate me for similar reasons. Nature and evolution are beautiful and mysterious.

@peppernut @DrArouet @devxvda @actuallyautistic This might come in handy for some of the #ArtificialLife or #OpenEndedEvolution experiments I build in my own time, too. Thanks!