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There is apparently something in my cellular automata that encourages rule arrays to efficiently turn
the test arrays towards the same final state every time. I do not know why this happens, but I have a few
guesses. Perhaps my cut off for the cellular automata development (1000 steps) is not long enough to allow
most rule arrays to finish developing test arrays towards a proper majority. Therefore, the algorithm
will favor any rule that achieves a quick final state. Even if that final state is always the same, the
rule array should still have an approximate success rate of 50than that of an array that never manages to finish its development within the development limit.
Austin L. Rachlin
2003-06-12