Think about it. Both live and dead cells contribute at least one degree. The only way a cell would receive less than 8 degrees in a generation is if it were surrounded by at least one dying cell for every adjacent living cell.Hdjensofjfnen wrote:I've come up with a rule called "Temperature", which I have experimented with manually.
1) Each cell can have three states: alive, dying, or dead.
2) An alive cell adds 2 degrees of temperature to every cell in its Moore neighborhood.
3) A dead cell adds 1 degree of temperature to every cell in its Moore neighborhood.
4) A dead cell can become alive in the next generation if its temperature is equal to 5 or 6 degrees.
5) An alive cell goes to the dying state in the next generation when its temperature is neither 4 nor 6 degrees.
6) Dying cells, regardless of their temperature, go to the dead state in the next generation.
EDIT:
Most every pattern seems to die, but I don't know why.
For a live cell to remain live, it must be either 4 or 6 degrees. If it has a temperature of 4, it must be surrounded by at least six dying cells every generation if it wishes to survive. If it has a temperature of 6, every adjacent cell must be dying for it to survive. Since a cell cannot be dying in multiple successive generations, no cell can be born.
But can cells be born?
We have a two-degree birth range, and cells are gaining on the order of 7~12 degrees of heat every generation, so (assuming all cells start at temp Q=0 at time T=0) what few cells will be born could only ever be cells adjacent to one or more dying cells in the initial pattern.
Therefore, all patterns in Temperature quickly die.
