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| bio | website | cs.mcgill.ca/~akazna |
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| location | Montreal, Canada | |
| age | 23 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 3 months |
| seen | 2 days ago | |
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From the School of Computer Science and Department of Psychology at McGill University, I marvel at the world through algorithmic lenses. My specific interests are in quantum computing, evolutionary game theory, modern evolutionary synthesis, and theoretical cognitive science. Previously I was at the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Combinatorics & Optimization at the University of Waterloo and a visitor to the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.
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Aug 27 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Aug 17 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Aug 17 |
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Why apes started to contemplate and become altruistic? You should consider cogsci.SE which already has some questions in related topics of game-theory and evolution. The site has provided answers to similar questions (the particular Q was badly framed) both an evolutionary and psychology perspectives. If you do decide to ask on CogSci, take time to focus and scientifically frame your question. You can edit and flag for migration. |
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Aug 16 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Aug 10 |
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Salmon returning to lay eggs I don't understand how those two hypothesis answer the question. They provide a mechanism for how to find their way back, but it doesn't answer if a given salmon has a genetic predisposition for going towards a certain spawn-site smell or if it remembers it from its' hatching. Both mechanisms could be consistent with either of the OPs interpretations (although the memory version makes more sense), can you explain why you think both these mechanisms operate interdependent of memory or genetic conditioning? |
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Aug 10 |
awarded | Organizer |
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Aug 10 |
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Is there a program that simulates biology on a molecular level? added the bioinfo and theoretical-biology tags |
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Aug 10 |
suggested | suggested edit on Is there a program that simulates biology on a molecular level? |
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Aug 10 |
answered | Is there a program that simulates biology on a molecular level? |
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Aug 2 |
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How does the brain instinctively know the math behind Newtonian Physics? I think this question makes much more sense, and will receive a better answer at CogSci.SE |
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Jul 31 |
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What is the biological basis for a human's ability to think clearly and be aware while “fighting/competing”? the last two paragraph read like a question that would find a better home at cogsci.SE. |
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Jul 31 |
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Can parents' learned traits be transmitted genetically? I think this is a duplicate of the question @nico mentions. In particular, the answer there completely solves this question. |
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Jul 26 |
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Computational/mathematical models for predicting phenotype from genotype @Luke in the question I ask what are some of the best coarse-grained genotype-to-phenotype by coarse-grained I mean more coarse-grained that the paper. In other words, something that doesn't go as far into the details as tracking at the molecular level. If no one suggests such a model then after a few days (and some more extensive search on my part), I will accept Bob's answer. |
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Jul 26 |
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Why does this illusion work? I think this question is a better fit for CogSci.SE than biology. Even in the answer, both references are to the psychology literature. |
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Jul 26 |
asked | Macromolecule levels in daughter cells after fission |
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Jul 24 |
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Short-term Lamarckism in asexual single cell organisms Thanks for the explanation @KonradRudolph, if you have more insights I'd love to hear them on G+. I might ask a separate question about how to best model how the proteins are distributed among the daughter cells. |
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Jul 24 |
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Computational/mathematical models for predicting phenotype from genotype The questions I seek are ones of micro and macro-evolution with more realistic models of genotype-to-phenotype mapping. I come from a background in EGT where the distinction is virtually non-existance. Your answer is very helpful, but I don't understand how it is about more coarse-grained models, aren't these models also at the molecular level? |
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Jul 23 |
asked | Computational/mathematical models for predicting phenotype from genotype |
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Jul 23 |
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Short-term Lamarckism in asexual single cell organisms Thanks @KonradRudolph, but to clarify from a naive modelers perspective: if I was making a model of the interaction of single-cell organisms learning and evolution then it would be reasonable to have the organism pass on its learned strategy (which would hypothetically be encoded in something like the levels of various proteins) to its offspring? |
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Jul 23 |
asked | Short-term Lamarckism in asexual single cell organisms |
