I’m generally game for an exercise in programming simulations. I’d like to understand the point a bit better. At first, it seemed like an exploration of the evolvability of irreducible complexity (something I’ve explored previously via another simulation). But recent posts suggest that, in this context, the term is being defined such that if it evolves, it isn’t actually irreducibly complex.
So what exactly is the question being asked by this experiment? If the simulation is successful, what is the conclusion? If it is unsuccessful, what is the conclusion?