A Valve Twist On Reality

[CSN NewsBot]

Planet Half-Life is spreading the word about an article posted on NewScientist.com about how a team of scientists, in Europe, are using our beloved Source engine to simulate and understand social evolution. Sounds like a jolly good time.

A society of virtual "agents" - each with a remarkably realistic personality and the ability to learn and communicate - is being crafted by scientists from five European research institutes who hope to gain insights into the way human societies evolve.

So, anyone wanna Source it up Sims-style?

[xlokix]

So they're creating their own little e-world?

[elite-mafia]

Looks like it..

[kerosine99]

Lets get a pot going to see how long it takes before one virtual "agent" harms another.

[elite-mafia]

kerosine99 wrote..

Lets get a pot going to see how long it takes before one virtual "agent" harms another.

10 e-dollars that it will take 2 milleniums.

[Billiam]

50 bucks says 3 days.

[defuser]

Its the starting of teh matrix...

[peagle]

Apparently they live in a rather shit looking awp map, I wish the sims luck reproducing there, with but 2 palm trees for cover.

[Pan the Goat God]

"Hello, and welcome to the social experiment.."



"OMG!!!11 roflh4x!!"



roffle indeed.

[x7-Superman!]

so they just kind of walk around?

[Scroto]

In addition, characters will be able to reproduce by mating with members the opposite sex

That's hot.

[xlokix]

Pretty soon they'll make a reality tv show out of this.

[RobinsonCutter]

and hopefully some terrorist will blow up the FOX network.

[Billiam]

RobinsonCutter wrote..

and hopefully some terrorist will blow up the FOX network.

Dude, you get the gold star for that comment. A+ work!



So if they are only allowed to mate with the opposite sex, doesn't that limit the grounds the experiment will cover? They need to look into all area's, not just heterosexual ones.

[xlokix]

He's right..they didn't even think of homosexual life..DAMN REPUBLICANS!