We are assisted by Pat Brecker. While at Apple, I worked on Active Essays. An Active Essay is an exploration of a new kind of literacy. The idea is to combine a written essay, live simulations, and the programs that make them work to provide a deep explanation of a dynamic system. My Active Essay on Evolution is a set of web pages that contain live simulations of an example from Richard Dawkins' The Blind Watchmaker .
Evolution is particularly hard to see in action, because it happens so slowly.
Now computers can actually evolve new things quickly enough for humans to watch while it happens. My later and better effort, Evolution Essay Part II uses artificial evolution to solve a puzzle whose answer is not known beforehand. Ted's comments on The Cerebral Code. Thinking occurs by actual evolution of thoughts in the brain. Calvin's theory is the most important new clue in the last 50 years.