And since it won't let me create another thread, I'll just say here that after all these years of trying to get GA's to converge, I've come to the following conclusion: Genetic algorithms are useless. DO YOU WANT CONVERGENCE AFTER A BILLION YEARS? DO YOU WANT TO GET STUCK IN A PIT? EVOLUTION IS PIG DISGUSTING, or maybe I am just doing it wrong.
I don't believe in punctuated equilibrium anymore since I cannot find the slightest bit of evidence for it.