Simulating the Evolution of Sacrificing for Family

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All Comments (20)
  • @willjohnson4579
    You can really tell he's spent this time learning about Hamilton's rule to correct his mistake, very honourable compared to the "oops sorry anyways" we get from a lot of content creators
  • @wavex_wav6680
    Blob: "Hey that's a nice piece of fruit growing up there. Wonder how good-" Plant predator: Bonjour
  • "HONEY I'M BREAKING UP!" "why?" "OUR SON SACRIFICED HIMSELF BUT WE BOTH HAVE THE COWARD GENE, YOU HAVE SOME EXPLAINING TO DO" Guys what the fuck it's a crappy joke no need to start a war
  • @Craeonkie
    The blob smiling everytime he succeeds is so cute
  • "There's nothing wrong with understanding something in hindsight, as long as you test that understanding in new situations to make sure it holds up." Thanks for a new quote for my quote wall, and some unsolicited life advice!! :)
  • @smorcrux426
    I really respect how well he responded to making a mistake, even when almost none of his viewers even recognized the mistake.
  • @PaperKirb
    4:52 i actually felt insanely bad for that poor little blob that was left in the dark without a home to go to ;-; poor little blop
  • @starlii10
    "It can sometimes take surprisingly long for random events to even out, which is my favorite excuse whenever I'm getting my butt kicked in a board game" Got me rolling
  • 3:20 Primer: thats good for the blob but not so good for our prediction. Maybe the blob its just getting lucky Blob: gets two 6 in a row
  • @sn4pi
    I think it would be interesting to introduce the mechanic of friendship. Like two blobs eat on the same tree and survive, they happen to be acquaintances. If that happens again, they become friends, increasing the chance to save each other after approaching a predator.
  • @rpe
    "after that they go home and reproduce" "siblings always stay together" something tells me that there is something wrong here...
  • @embeboso8329
    Can we all take a second to appreciate the fact that all of his videos are in dark mode so we can enjoy them at night
  • @dyjhjfrtt6607
    I hope that at the end of the series he combines everything together into a huge simulation.
  • @lostnova
    Being a subscriber of Primer and Code Bullet is a constant cycle of being super happy when they upload then slowly forgetting they exist until the next upload and the cycle repeats :D
  • @dolger4308
    Watching the single blob play the game and the graph getting marked was far more fun Than it should be.
  • @rokushou
    I'm stealing the "It can sometimes take surprisingly long for random events to even out" excuse next time I'm losing in a game.
  • @DarkenKnight324
    I wish i knew how to set up simulations like this, would solve a lot of my "i wonder" scenarios. I love how you break everything down in your videos. Each one is very informative and thorough. Best randomly suggested creator I've gotten from YouTube since they started doing that 😂