They did it before Telegram ICO was announced so it is not an evidence. Now, they have no other financially profitable choice but to make FUD to increase the likelihood of Telegram's fail. I don't say it is bad, it is just a better description of the events.
It is described as Evolution Strategies (proposed in the 1970s) which adapt individual mutation rates depending on the search landscape at hand. Unfortunately, biologist will learn about in a few decades at best.
another comment provided a good explanation (see below), now it remains to check the editor
"Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr. van Dam received a research grant from the Nestec Company. No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported."
Guys, Nestec own the world's biggest coffee machine company, Nespresso.
A review process shorter than 2 months is an extremely rare thing in scientific journal from CS fields to Nature journals. Most often it happens with shitty journals and / or when the editor has a horse in the race.
I didn't know that there was an accusation because we was Jewish. I meant that he was plagiarist and it has nothing to do with his origins and beliefs.