%0 Journal Article %T A Simple Model of the Evolution of Simple Models of Evolution %A Cosma Rohilla Shalizi %A William A. Tozier %J Physics %D 1999 %I arXiv %X In the spirit of the many recent simple models of evolution inspired by statistical physics, we put forward a simple model of the evolution of such models. Like its objects of study, it is (one supposes) in principle testable and capable of making predictions, and gives qualitative insights into a hitherto mysterious process. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/adap-org/9910002v1