You can see these two species coexisting in a long period of stability; then on of the them drops out and all hell breaks loose. Tremendous instabili… - Christopher Langton

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You can see these two species coexisting in a long period of stability; then on of the them drops out and all hell breaks loose. Tremendous instability. That's the Soviet Union.

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About Christopher Langton

(born 1948) is an American computer scientist and one of the founders of the field of .

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Alternative Names: Chris Langton Christopher Gale Langton
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