Tim Tyler: God's utility function

This is a video about God's Utility Function - the idea that biology can be usefully seen as an optimisation process, and that evolutionary change acts so as to maximise some utility function.

Transcript: http://originoflife.net/gods_utility_...

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[TheClumsiestNinja]

Oh Christ, I haven't slept for 24 hours. I found your videos watching reviews of cameras. I Don't understand why I'm still watching them, its over an hour now and I'm mesmerized for some reason... and now i'm telling you about it, maybe I should try and sleep..? this can't be normal. I do have a question though, why do you make these videos? I'm not criticising, but the answer alludes me. who are they for? Oh, and did you really bend your glasses into shape? I only ever bend mine out of shape.

[tmtyler]

Sorry! Some subscribers seem to be interested :-)

[MrAlexGTV]

Life is using the solar energy to "reproduce". Complex organization is not a common feature of all life. Reproduction is, and while Dawkins idea's are accused as reductionist, they are strong arguments as they can explain most life phenomena. From experience I can see that "beauty" at least in our species is functional. Symmetry, economy and efficiency of motion, speed and depth of thought.

[purpleproductionftw]

i hope you find your way back to God and his all warming love

[mijmijrm]

isnt that like saying: gravity may well affect small components, but a sophisticated object such as an aeroplane is constructed of a vast number of those components and is a different kind of thing entirely and wont be affected by gravity.

[tmtyler]

I don't think that point is up for debate. See "Contribution to the Energetics of Evolution", Alfred J. Lotka, 1922.

[TheClumsiestNinja]

Hey Tim, Nothing to apologise for. I was in a bit of a weird head space when I wrote that... keep up the good work! :)