Emergence in critters

[pcallahan]

Putting this in sandbox so I have something to link externally. It illustrates how self-organization occurs in a wrapped reversible CA universe. Initially, the 20x20 center box is assigned uniformly with 50% density. If you put it in a larger box, it will generate moving objects.

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x = 100, y = 100, rule = critters:T100,100
40$41b5o4b3obob4o$40b3obobo3bo3b2ob3o$42b2obo4b2o5b3o$40b5ob2o2b3obo2b
3o$40bo3bob2obobo2b5o$40b2o3bo3bob7o$40b2ob7ob3obobo$40b2o4bob2o4b4o$
41bobobo2bob3o2b4o$44b2o3bob5o2b2o$40b2o4b2obob3obo2bo$40b3ob2o3b3o3bo
bobo$40bo2bobobobo2b3o3b2o$42b2ob3obo4bobo$40b3obo3b3o3bobo$41b4ob7o4b
2o$40bo2bob2ob5ob4obo$41bob2o3bo3b6obo$41b2ob2obobob2o2b5o$40b3o2bo2b
3o2b2obobo!

However, without the empty space around it, it has to maintain the same density and uniform distribution (because it is reversible and deterministic).

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = critters:T20,20
b5o4b3obob4o$3obobo3bo3b2ob3o$2b2obo4b2o5b3o$5ob2o2b3obo2b3o$o3bob2obo
bo2b5o$2o3bo3bob7o$2ob7ob3obobo$2o4bob2o4b4o$bobobo2bob3o2b4o$4b2o3bob
5o2b2o$2o4b2obob3obo2bo$3ob2o3b3o3bobobo$o2bobobobo2b3o3b2o$2b2ob3obo
4bobo$3obo3b3o3bobo$b4ob7o4b2o$o2bob2ob5ob4obo$bob2o3bo3b6obo$b2ob2obo
bob2o2b5o$3o2bo2b3o2b2obobo!

It seems to drop the top left row and column, no matter how I define it and I wonder if that's a LifeViewer bug. In any case, it illustrates the basic point that there is no "emergence" when packed like this.

Update: Here is a 10x10 box in a 50x50 torus that should have a shorter cycle in principle though I'm sure it is still extremely long.

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x = 50, y = 50, rule = critters:T50,50
20$20b2o2bo$20bo3bo3b2o$20bobobob4o$21bobo2b2obo$20b3o4b3o$20bo3bobo2b
o$20bo2bo2b4o$20bob2o5bo$20bobobo4bo$23bobo3bo!

[BokaBB]

I see a problem here. Namely these simulations are looped, which means they're artificially stimulated. Without it their lifespan would be considerably shorter.