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Question: Can algorithms affect matter?

Hypothesis: Algorithms can affect a lifeform's characteristics and behavior as much as genetics or more

Experiment: Test learning of behavior by birds to achieve greater fitness for long distance travel over water that supplements their genetic predisposition

Analyze: By substituting other birds with robots indisputably running algorithms, the learned behavior transfers to the bird not initially most efficient at long distance travel

Conclusion: Algorithms optimized the effectiveness of a bird's flight by correcting drawbacks in its behavior faster than genetic change would have

To me this reinforces the notion that through constructing positive habits and removing negative feedback loops I can override "default" behaviors that I believe are detrimental or simply not desired and replace them with heuristics that align with my overarching goals in life.