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May 25th, 2009 |
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Has anyone played
Foldit, the protein-folding game that is designed to advance the science? This
Wired article makes it sound like Ender's Game meets biochemistry! Sounds like the Poehlman kid is the protein-folding equivalent of
Stephen Wiltshire. I love the crowdsourcing, the meta-evolutionary algorithm of it (to find the savants), and the implications for science.
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