From: To: Martin Nowak > Cc: Jeevacation Epstein <jeevacation®gmail.com> Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:29:49 +0000 yes, that's what Jeffrey has also been saying. today at the math dept lunch i'll ask you about a code theorist. if he can't help, i'll ask someone at mit. i also discussed it with erez but nothing came out of it yet. On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 8:23 AM, Martin Nowak < > wrote: i think code breaking is an arms race in interactions between species (for example predator-prey or host-parasite) it makes the system smarter it is part of the constructive process of evolution it is a push toward i-life EFTA00764479