Simulating Lifespan (Why do blobs die around age 2?)

Took me longer to figure this out than I thought. But as promised... here's why blobs are on average 2 days old...
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➡ Links
Graphs and code from this video: codesandbox.io/s/blob-age-pbf...
Evolution Simulator: labs.minutelabs.io/evolution-...
Primer's original video: • Simulating Natural Sel...
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➡ Credits
Video by: Jasper Palfree
With Contributions From: The MinuteEarth Team
Special thanks to Primer
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➡ Music
- "The Plan's Working" by Cooper Cannell
- "Investigations" by Kevin Macleod
- "Five Card Shuffle" by Kevin Macleod
- "Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin Macleod
- "Wholesome" by Kevin Macleod
- "Divider" by Chris Zabriskie chriszabriskie.com/divider/

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[@rileybetter4883]

Wait you're telling me humans AREN'T supposed to live for only two days?

[@tntbrine5237]

Well, no. If you vaccinated your children.

[@oceanicmage]

@@tntbrine5237 Yeah But You can Make Them Live 1 Minute Even Without Vaccination. Just Pull Out The Knife.

[@pvic6959]

uhhhhh this is a problem

[@Luigion7]

@@oceanicmage Or make them not live at all. _Just _*_p u l l o u t_*

[@randomthings8732]

@@Luigion7 oh my.. or you know, *wear*

[@epauletshark3793]

Hey, you are using the math I learn in school, it does have a purpose othrt than making me do busywork and tests.

[@pvic6959]

I thought the answer was going to be with expected value but i didnt know how lol

[@DustinRodriguez1_0]

Schools have a bad habit of teaching arithmetic, just the rote work, because it is easier to test for. Math is more about concepts and problem-solving but that kind of thing is far harder to test a students skill at. There's a good book called 'Out of the Labyrinth' where some teachers try a new method, proposing a problem and letting students figure out approached themselves and just helping them along without forcing them to take certain approaches. Using that, they've been able to teach even things like trigonometry to 6 year olds because grasping the concepts is so much more reasonable than just 'do these 80 calculations so we can see if you can do calculations'.

[@MandMs05]

@@DustinRodriguez1_0 Fun fact: school has taught me practically nothing about math and even when I'm trying my hardest to learn, I just can't learn from school. But if I need to learn the math in order to solve a problem I've run into with programming (a hobby that hilariously is based on math but I hate math in school) I can usually learn it to a fairly high level in only a couple days.

[@slirix2334]

I have an idea for a small change in the source code, which probably affects the age of the blobs. Food should have a mass. If a blob has collected one food, he gets slightly slower and looses slightly more energy(for each food).

[@er4110]

But wouldn't that also affect birth rates as we need 2 food to birth a blob. The blobs would get slower with a food making 2 food harder to get.

[@thetexc]

Good idea, but what about giving the blobs a prime age? For example around 20-35 for humans.

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

That is a great idea! But I don’t think that the first food should count. Because my idea for how the blobs reproduce is that they eat on food and if they find a second food they don’t eat it they bring it home and then feed it to their baby blob! That is why they have to collect 2 food because they eat one and feed their child with the other food! If they only had one food then they wouldn’t reproduce because they can’t feed the baby blob and it would die for starvation. So the first food doesn’t have a Weight because the blob isn’t caring it around with them but any food a blob picks up after the first should have a weight because now they are caring it with them to bring home.

[@RafePhoenix]

@@The_hot_blue_fire_guy Ok I love how it sounds and everything, but do we really know how the reproducing works???? If it works the way you said, then i completely agree, BUT, If they are actually still have the baby in their belly, then this entire idea doesn't work because both food pieces are used for energy without carrying any food

[@RafePhoenix]

Oh wait, I just thought of something. If each "day" is a generation, wouldn't we be still be carrying all the food because each "day" is a generation?

[@CoeliacWarrior]

A nice example of a modified geometric distribution and the law of large numbers. Good stuff.

[@wrathofnile1094]

You seem really educated and it sucks how no one knows you even tho you seem more intelligent than a average person

[@xZise]

One experiment I can now think of, with your blobs, is to add a chance of randomly dying related to the age. Like setting the life expectancy and a "slope" (e.g. linearly or so).

[@the11382]

I do wonder what factors make predation/cannibalism more likely. Thoughts: -Maybe make it possible for a blob to produce more offspring if it finds even more food? A lucky blob might find 4 food and produce 3 offspring for example. Some animals have been known to eat their young. -Implement growing time maybe? IRL, animals take time to grow. This has some interesting simulation data implications.

[@hyponeros8020]

Thanks I think this question has haunted me ever since your last video

[@Minutelabsio]

That makes two of us

[@TheRoyL]

I'd love to make one of these considering real estate in high leverage countries like Canada. Tracking the connection between income distribution, gifted purchasing power from parents who have had a home long enough to gift equity and/or have a high enough income to gift purchasing power they aren't using, government assistance(Mortgage insurance, lowered interest rates etc).

[@duckyduck1944]

My kids : I hate math, not like we're gonna use it Me a programmer : that's what said, look at me now

[@DINOWARDEN]

If blobs live around 2 years... How tf is dream still alive

[@xXSmellyBritchesXx]

Meh He's slightly over average

[@seb4sti4n666]

Some kind of intelligence by age should need to be introduce. Lets say every years a blob live, he know a better way to get food but in counter his chance of dying naturally should also get higher.

[@kennyholmes5196]

There is one thing that you need to understand about the Internet: Collectively, we _never_ forget.

[@TreeFlob]

OH YOU BET

[@AdamIsaacs1]

okay, but dont the chances of dying actually go up the older they get? the other blobs will have evolved and be smaller, more efficient, etc, and outcompete the old ones with older traits. or are they not alive long enough for any effect to be noticeable? i would think with rapid evolution it would have an effect on death rate/age.

[@nikkiofthevalley]

This is the first video I've watched on this channel. Is this some kind of evolution sim?

[@cliffwarden5934]

@@nikkiofthevalley the simulator is from a chanel called primer. He uses the blobs to simulate a lot of things.

[@jadedoptimistt]

What he meant is that every year a human survives, the more likely they are to die that next year, whereas a blob that is say... 100 days old is equally likely to die today as one born just yesterday.

[@AdamIsaacs1]

@@jadedoptimistt thats the exact point im contesting in my comment, though. older blobs are more likely to die by nature of having older traits that are less efficient at surviving than newer traits, therefore they get outcompeted more and have a lower survivability than young, more refined blobs.

[@MrBee-iy5ed]

@@AdamIsaacs1 I think that age isn't programmed

[@pvic6959]

im so glad! I just saw the other video and im happy to see the updated one! yay! no wait time :))

[@user-hr8rc1of3x]

Minutephysics meets Primer

[@chieckenman4432]

Primer blue blob moment

[@Pootisbirdie..]

Blobs right as they were born: Gentlemen, synchronize your death watches.

[@afshin-fc3kf]

Great content man

[@kamilprzybyszewski1899]

Hey! really interesting video. One question, at 8:34 how did you do the simplification? I have been trying to get it by myself but I haven't been able to jeje, thanks!

[@mathieuvernet5237]

me too

[@olixx1213]

You can cancel the d with factorisation

[@bruhmoment7931]

Can’t wait for this guy to create another universe and prove ours is a simulation

[@colintheselfelectedfrogking]

the cc just say its you for so long during the intro it feels accusatory like "you" are the reason of the blobs' lifespan

[@kalahatze]

"So, what did we learn from this?" That I can't do math.

[@tathnousoxide9707]

Why was I recommended this and why does this look like a mix between cgp grey, primer and minuteearth?

[@pedrosso0]

1:07 Thinks the word both, instantly gets what I want

[@thewoodpeckers655]

8:00 Pog

[@deadmanshand9508]

You hurt my brain but I can't stop watching

[@Jens_Heika]

There's an interesting digital life/evolution simulator called The Bibites (on itch).

[@happynews5749]

8:08 Yes Pog

[@gregorioraspini3698]

The Number of food should be higher il more blob dies and less if no blob dies. I wonder how this could affect the simulation

[@akiel941]

I did make my own version, and got some interesting results ! And some other that were... eh, weird

[@Brythnoth_of_the_Void]

Statistics, calculus, and coding all in a video, nice

[@Toby-tk4zv]

I have no idea what he is talking about however im here now and im intrigued

[@martianmanfrommars8428]

I have no idea what he's talking about but I'm sure it's intriguing.

[@teentraveler1790]

Seeing the cute blobs eat like SlitheriO makes me hungry.

[@mikedev5263]

When wheeenn for a new video it's been 1year !?

[@The_hot_blue_fire_guy]

You should make it more interesting and add a chance that older Blobs will die even if they eat 1 food (like if a blob is 5 days old or younger it has a 100% chance to live if it eats one food but if it’s 6 days old it has a 5% chance to die even if it eats one food and the chance of dying goes up by 5% every 2 days or something like that )and younger blobs should have more energy ( like 25% more then the normal amount ) because younger generations are more active and healthier than the older generation witch are weaker than the younger generation so they should have less energy ( like 75% of normal ) for gathering food because they are older and not as effective as the young ones! I think that this could produce interesting results in the population and life span charts for the blobs!

[@parkernelson3775]

You should check out the bibites

[@steve_is_unalive6910]

where is this man he hasnt posted in 10 months

[@estebanrodriguez5409]

Have you ever studied statistical thermodynamics? It seems the first part is the difference between wirking with a microcanonical ensamble and a canonical ensamble

[@Ascyt]

You're so underrated

[@jeremymoser4139]

What program do you use to code this?

[@wetswordfighter]

Bruh that mic at the start almost drove me crazy

[@cheese0827]

Primer blobs in the thumbnail

[@reddit123]

how do I make or find one of these simulators

[@MisterJasro]

I think your conclusion on not promising to not explain something when you don't fully understand it yet is false. I think your conclusion should be the opposite. It's that naging of the promise that made you eventually deliver. Sure it wasn't as easy nor as quick as you'd initially thought, but you did do it. In the alternative scenario, the one without the "promise" you'd have probably left it by the wayside after one to many roadblocks. Maybe it's a flawed assumption on my side, but figuring out the difficulties and overcoming them sounds like a success to me.

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Primer smart

[@shadowD33]

the assumption on options for blobs was incorrect. its either gets 1 food or gets other than 1 food. if a blob gets 2 food that guarantees another blob gets 0 food.

[@attikitty1355]

Yessss

[@bakedjesus1177]

Drop the % chances of reproduction and apply an aggressiveness % to allow the blobs to possibly fight each other in some in counters with other blobs each battle won increases their % of success or skill in their next fight run the sim 24 hrs a counter on the blobs to track their generation and skill in fights

[@aashsyed1277]

There should be a game not just a simulator it would be so fun!

[@lollie7141]

You can access it on his website

[@DarthLiam-gd1wc]

This video is a weird mix of Primer and CPG Gray

[@xdarin_]

Half of the comments are smart and the other half are just "I totally understand what's going on"

[@opticsonline1771]

Same animator as cgp grey?

[@sichel94sam]

nice

[@spidertiger585]

primer?

[@whatthefunction9140]

Where's that new video bro?

[@cree_bo5264]

Blobs from Primer?

[@onelooongboi5838]

Goal in Life to get many food

[@jacobellinger8027]

2 things. 1. what would happen if blobs where allowed to flip around and continue walking if they hit a wall? 2. What would happen if you allowed blobs to have 2 babies instead of 1 when they eat two food but with the requirement that they also have to touch another blob that also ate two food? so in this case you have blobs that eat two food but fail to find a mate but live on, blobs that eat 1 food but also never reproduces, but in theory the ability to a few lucky ones to make 4 more blobs it should even out while also allowing blobs to live a lot longer?

[@steeltalon937]

This does sound interesting, making birth lower so the average amount of blobs would be lower thus allowing them to survive longer as the rate of more blobs competing for food coming into existence is slower.

[@basicallytrqsh]

“This is really fun” oh?

[@inkyisdreaming]

Me: (doesn’t understand at all) Also me: Neat!…Numbers…and Blobs…and…stuff…

[@xem_ity]

Nod and smile everyone

[@ashercd6487]

What happens if a blob eats _three_ food pellets?

[@greeny3761]

dream is trembling in fear

[@Ascyt]

Make the music more quiet please

[@LeWolfYT]

Primer

[@Lantern_Light]

I recognize those poses. CGP grey? I know it’s just a stick figure.. still feels a little weird to trace the stuff.

[@user-cd4bx6uq1y]

7.4k views, awwwww

[@user-gd8ih9hu8p]

Oh.

[@timmyingelbrecht6977]

Ah yes,the math.. i do the math every day with many numbers at the same time.

[@veronicabermudez4802]

Wait where is the game

[@tryp281]

When u mess with someone’s life:

[@palefire9988]

so this was the easy way what is the hard way?

[@nyanSynxPHOENIX]

"TO THE POWER OF D!"

[@ychiro3754]

I cant believe school math is actually helping me understand this... Wow

[@karens4050]

I broke the game by setting the sense at 200 and spead and size at 15

[@rafclaassens9725]

Why did i nit get the easy way but i did get the hard way

[@KerbalHub]

My blobs have died. RIP.

[@NAP_Official]

I saw a greek letter and noped out.

[@KingCookieCat]

Age 2 what? Bananas? Peanuts?

[@alba2162]

They just do

[@BasementDweller_]

Hmm.

[@blacklight683]

Heh lucky

[@fl3sh_3at3r]

hi I'm new here uh *what?*

[@forgivenid]

Subtitles are kinda strange

[@incompatible9552]

What?

[@karens4050]

The seed is 674

[@fanofalmosteverything4658]

It's you.

[@fanofalmosteverything4658]

It's us.

[@karens4050]

I got the age average to 12

[@jammydoger8583]

Rip dreams pfp

[@Azurath100]

Make hording a factor along with predators.

[@louisjets8134]

12

[@camomoose1078]

I can do youtube blob math, but not normal math. I think the internet's made me retarded.

[@lollie7141]

Bro did you die?

[@Evan_Animation]

Give credit to the damn creator of the blobs

[@Ellowynforest]

I forgot his name but it was jarring seeing blobs on another channel

[@Evan_Animation]

@@Ellowynforest the original channel is primer

[@coreysqueercorner]

WhAt

[@BluShiGuy]

Don't ask

[@thepizzacarpizza1056]

isnt this copied from primer?

[@LioPrime]

You stole the blobs from primer!