As defined by the Encyclopaedia Britannica: “Ecosystem, the complex of living organisms, their physical environment, and all their interrelationships in a particular unit of space.”
That is exactly what an algorithm is. Back to you.
That is just pure nonsense. Evolution does not reverse. See here,
Can Evolution Run in Reverse? A Study Says It’s a One-Way Street
Wow, a mass extinction that wipes out is 90% is not reversal in the pace of evolution? Are you deliberately playing naive? Because you clearly understood that I was talking about mass extinctions, not evolution going backwards, because you spent 2/3 of the post talking about extinctions.
By the way, that study is incomplete. Evolution had been reversed in laboratory. One simply gives an organisam all the nutrients, plus one removes competition and all other environmental threats. What happens next is that number of genes immediately falls drastically, like 80%.
I agree with you that mass extinctions are quite likely necessary for intelligence to emerge over reasonable periods of time. I think of mass extinction events as evolution accelerators.
Then you suggest that mass extinction paved the way for the arrival of intelligent life
You misinterpreted what I said, than accused me of something I didn't say. If you don't pick up on something it's not a big deal, just ask, I am here to help. I clearly alluded that mass extinctions are rundom accidents and as such can not be cause of something as sophisticated as intelligence. There were 5 extinctions and 4 failed in that task.
Then you suggested they are tranquil Edens that last forever. Which is it, Eden or hell?
Again you are putting into my mouth something I never said in this thread. Can you please provide reference for Edens lasting forewer, unless you again invented it.
Although I never alluded to Edens part, Earth had obviously had long periods of tranquility punctured by brief moments of terror. So even if one said that there is no disagreement with facts.