Foldit Gamers FTW
Hank tells us how some gamers are outperforming sophisticated computer programs to help solve the puzzle of protein folding and to assist scientists in finding better treatments for HIV/AIDS,...
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Gather 'round everybody, because I've got some excellent news! You do not have to be a scientist to be better at science than a computer whose job it is to do science. You – yes, you – are better at recognizing spatial relationships than computer programs whose job it is to recognize spatial relationships. Congratulations! And, uh, you know who's even better than normal people at this stuff? Video gamers. Okay, uh, get out your phone real quick, uh, I'm going to dictate a text message to your mom. Dear mom, video games are too contributing to the wellbeing of society. [blows raspberry] You were wrong. Your adoring child, and then you can put your name. Because gamers are actually using their mad Super Mario Brothers Wii skills to reco...
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Gather 'round everybody, because I've got some excellent news! You do not have to be a scientist to be better at science than a computer whose job it is to do science. You – yes, you – are better at recognizing spatial relationships than computer programs whose job it is to recognize spatial relationships. Congratulations! And, uh, you know who's even better than normal people at this stuff? Video gamers. Okay, uh, get out your phone real quick, uh, I'm going to dictate a text message to your mom. Dear mom, video games are too contributing to the wellbeing of society. [blows raspberry] You were wrong. Your adoring child, and then you can put your name. Because gamers are actually using their mad Super Mario Brothers Wii skills to reco...
