Most cells are microscopic. However, CGOL cells are huge: speed of light * 1 generation (assuming 25 years) = 25 light-years.
Interestingly, this makes the radius of the observable universe (46 billion light years) and the radius of Golly's limit (1 billion cells = 25 billion light years) to be very close. A factor of 2 is negligible when talking astronomical scales.
If we call them ticks instead of generations, they're significantly smaller, but still much larger than normal cells: you get sizes on the scale of Earth's radius, depending on which game's ticks you use (it's 1/20 second in Minecraft, but Source Engine games use 1/60 second).
Has anyone thought about how large CGOL cells really are?
Has anyone thought about how large CGOL cells really are?
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Periods discovered: 5-16,⑱,⑳G,㉑G,㉒㉔㉕,㉗-㉛,㉜SG,㉞㉟㊱㊳㊵㊷㊹㊺㊽㊿,54G,55G,56,57G,60,62-66,68,70,73,74S,75,76S,80,84,88,90,96
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217,486,576
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Re: Has anyone thought about how large CGOL cells really are?
Don't refer to lightspeed, information does not transfer on cells in RL. Refer to the size of self-replicating stuff...
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Re: Has anyone thought about how large CGOL cells really are?
hehe i like thishotdogPi wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:04 amMost cells are microscopic. However, CGOL cells are huge: speed of light * 1 generation (assuming 25 years) = 25 light-years.
Interestingly, this makes the radius of the observable universe (46 billion light years) and the radius of Golly's limit (1 billion cells = 25 billion light years) to be very close. A factor of 2 is negligible when talking astronomical scales.
If we call them ticks instead of generations, they're significantly smaller, but still much larger than normal cells: you get sizes on the scale of Earth's radius, depending on which game's ticks you use (it's 1/20 second in Minecraft, but Source Engine games use 1/60 second).
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Re: Has anyone thought about how large CGOL cells really are?
Aa far as I heard there are 100 million unless something changed.hotdogPi wrote: ↑March 12th, 2021, 8:04 amMost cells are microscopic. However, CGOL cells are huge: speed of light * 1 generation (assuming 25 years) = 25 light-years.
Interestingly, this makes the radius of the observable universe (46 billion light years) and the radius of Golly's limit (1 billion cells = 25 billion light years) to be very close. A factor of 2 is negligible when talking astronomical scales.
If we call them ticks instead of generations, they're significantly smaller, but still much larger than normal cells: you get sizes on the scale of Earth's radius, depending on which game's ticks you use (it's 1/20 second in Minecraft, but Source Engine games use 1/60 second).
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