In 1986, Richard Dawkins published The Blind Watchmaker in which he
stressed the importance of cumulative selection acting on random events.
Using the concepts in Dawkins book, this computer program, demonstrates
the way a sequence of up to 80 characters can be generated when correctly
placed characters are selected for on successive trials. This program shows
how a specific sequence (e.g. nitrogenous base pairs or amino acids) could
be generated in a relatively small number of generations through cumulative
selection. In other words, apparent complex design comes about without
the need for a designer.

Blind Sequence Maker

-- a simulation of cumulative selection --

(Program No. 60-32W or No. 60-32M)

for WINDOWS (95, NT, 98, Me, Xp) or Macintosh (Classic, OS X)

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