A Simple Model of the Evolution of Simple Models of Evolution

TL;DR

This paper introduces a straightforward model that describes how simple models of evolution themselves evolve, offering testable predictions and insights into the evolution of evolutionary models.

Contribution

It presents a novel, simple framework for understanding the evolution of models of evolution, inspired by statistical physics.

Findings

Provides a testable model of model evolution

Offers qualitative insights into the evolution process

Suggests new directions for modeling evolution of models

Abstract

In the spirit of the many recent simple models of evolution inspired by statistical physics, we put forward a simple model of the evolution of such models. Like its objects of study, it is (one supposes) in principle testable and capable of making predictions, and gives qualitative insights into a hitherto mysterious process.