Yes, I have read it (at least a part of it, it's huge). I agree with you, none of his hypotheses are supported by any evidence; they're just assumptions. Agreed too on the lack of modesty, too. It's the most self-indulgent piece of scientific literature I've ever read. However, it does have many interesting observations.
Cellular automata have proved to be a useful tool for modelling discrete systems in various applications, so I think it could be useful to a wide scope of researchers. At least "A New Kind of Science" seems to have brought it out of its niche, partially. However, I think the main reason why it's so prominent in Mathematica is because of Wolfram's interest in it. MATLAB doesn't have native support for CAs, for example. I don't think it would hurt to have it in Sage though. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
