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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 10 2012,05:56   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 09 2012,17:10)
graphic from the 1000 genomes project
http://www.genome.gov/2754224....7542240


Maybe it is all over my head and nothing for me in it, but I'll never know. Because my ears are not good enough to copy the lecture, and I presume no transcripts exist or will be made?

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 10 2012,09:11   

Quote (Quack @ Aug. 10 2012,06:56)
Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 09 2012,17:10)
graphic from the 1000 genomes project
http://www.genome.gov/2754224....7542240


Maybe it is all over my head and nothing for me in it, but I'll never know. Because my ears are not good enough to copy the lecture, and I presume no transcripts exist or will be made?

Click through the link, and you can see the slides as well as the Youtube videos. Not quite a transcript, but better than nothing...

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 10 2012,09:17   

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009.......on.html

These particular lectures are captioned. click the cc button at the bottom.

These are not speech recognition captions, but real transcriptions. Hope that helps. I have some hearing loss also, and I think this is great.


And you can make the fonts bigger and bolder. Click cc and choose settings.

Edited by midwifetoad on Aug. 10 2012,09:28

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,10:07   

Four Independent Mutations in the Feline Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 Gene Determine the Long-Haired Phenotype in Domestic Cats

Here's a good that will blow creationists minds.

Mutation 1: 3 unrelated Ragdoll cats contained an insertion mutation.  The frameshift created an early stop codon rendering the FGF5 incorrect.  All three Ragdolls were long hair, no short-hair cats had this mutation

Mutation 2: Only Norwegian Forest cats had this mutation.  It's a substitution (C to a T @ 406).  Somehow (and the article isn't specific) this results in a premature stop codon.  3 of 4 Norwegian Forest cats were homozygous for this mutation.  The 4th cat was heterozygous for this mutation and number 4 below.  Again, the result is long hair.

Mutation 3: 1 ragdoll and 3 Maine Coon cats had this mutation.  This is "extensive nonsynonymous substitutions" rendering FGF5 nonfunctional.  1 Coon cat was homozygous for this mutation, while the other 3 long-hairs were heterozygous for this and for mutation 4.

Mutation 4: point mutation (A to C @ 475), resulting in the substitution of a threonine with proline .  The majority of long-hair cats were homozygous for this mutation.  Five short-hair breeds (British Shorthair, Devon Rex, Manx, and 2 Scottish folds) were heterozygous carriers.  No short-hair breeds were homozygous for this mutation.

OK IDists.  There are 4 mutations, two of which are point mutations (no change in the length of the gene) and another one is an insertion (increasing the length of the gene).  However, all of these changes result in a protein that doesn't work.  However (again), these mutations result in a significant advantage, that is long-hair, in certain circumstances.

Now define information and how an increase in the length of the gene and an increase in the length of the hair equals a loss of information.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,10:21   

Quote (OgreMkV @ Aug. 17 2012,18:07)
Four Independent Mutations in the Feline Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 Gene Determine the Long-Haired Phenotype in Domestic Cats

Here's a good that will blow creationists minds.

Mutation 1: 3 unrelated Ragdoll cats contained an insertion mutation.  The frameshift created an early stop codon rendering the FGF5 incorrect.  All three Ragdolls were long hair, no short-hair cats had this mutation

Mutation 2: Only Norwegian Forest cats had this mutation.  It's a substitution (C to a T @ 406).  Somehow (and the article isn't specific) this results in a premature stop codon.  3 of 4 Norwegian Forest cats were homozygous for this mutation.  The 4th cat was heterozygous for this mutation and number 4 below.  Again, the result is long hair.

Mutation 3: 1 ragdoll and 3 Maine Coon cats had this mutation.  This is "extensive nonsynonymous substitutions" rendering FGF5 nonfunctional.  1 Coon cat was homozygous for this mutation, while the other 3 long-hairs were heterozygous for this and for mutation 4.

Mutation 4: point mutation (A to C @ 475), resulting in the substitution of a threonine with proline .  The majority of long-hair cats were homozygous for this mutation.  Five short-hair breeds (British Shorthair, Devon Rex, Manx, and 2 Scottish folds) were heterozygous carriers.  No short-hair breeds were homozygous for this mutation.

OK IDists.  There are 4 mutations, two of which are point mutations (no change in the length of the gene) and another one is an insertion (increasing the length of the gene).  However, all of these changes result in a protein that doesn't work.  However (again), these mutations result in a significant advantage, that is long-hair, in certain circumstances.

Now define information and how an increase in the length of the gene and an increase in the length of the hair equals a loss of information.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,12:16   

The genome designed itself. It was preloaded with software to do that. OK?

Especially the folds. Cuteness is a big plus for survival.

Rex cats are obviously the work of Satan.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,13:30   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 17 2012,12:16)
The genome designed itself. It was preloaded with software to do that. OK?

Especially the folds. Cuteness is a big plus for survival.

Rex cats are obviously the work of Satan.

No! No! No!

I have empirical evidence... well... anecdotal, but robust evidence... that white cats are the work of satan.  They are universally (with a sample size of 3) mean... especially if they are girl cats... and fixed... and have short hair.

I watched one of those beat the holy crap out of a German Shepard which, BTW, is obviously one of the stupidest dog breeds in existence (with an observational sample size of 1)... or maybe my grandad just got a mentally deficient one.  That dog was truly the dumbest animal ever... and I've had sugar gliders.  Loyal though and stronger than a horse.  He had to go to jail three times for attacking people (all justified)... but got the crap beat out of him (needing stitches and almost losing an eye) by a 4 pound white cat.

See!?!?!?

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,14:04   

Quote (OgreMkV @ Aug. 17 2012,14:30)
Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 17 2012,12:16)
The genome designed itself. It was preloaded with software to do that. OK?

Especially the folds. Cuteness is a big plus for survival.

Rex cats are obviously the work of Satan.

No! No! No!

I have empirical evidence... well... anecdotal, but robust evidence... that white cats are the work of satan.  They are universally (with a sample size of 3) mean... especially if they are girl cats... and fixed... and have short hair.

I watched one of those beat the holy crap out of a German Shepard which, BTW, is obviously one of the stupidest dog breeds in existence (with an observational sample size of 1)... or maybe my grandad just got a mentally deficient one.  That dog was truly the dumbest animal ever... and I've had sugar gliders.  Loyal though and stronger than a horse.  He had to go to jail three times for attacking people (all justified)... but got the crap beat out of him (needing stitches and almost losing an eye) by a 4 pound white cat.

See!?!?!?

Just ask Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,14:10   

I have Italian Greyhounds, and the cat is heavier than both of them together. The cat wants to be friends, but the dogs are justifiably terrified.
Cats have more and better weapons. Dogs have to expose their faces to attack, and cats don't. Satan is the better designer.

My experience is that white cats are pussycats. The yellow cat, now deceased had several names. Yellow Peril, Attila, Dr. Evil. The hand that reached out to him would not be returned in it's original condition.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,14:20   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 17 2012,14:10)
I have Italian Greyhounds, and the cat is heavier than both of them together. The cat wants to be friends, but the dogs are justifiably terrified.
Cats have more and better weapons. Dogs have to expose their faces to attack, and cats don't. Satan is the better designer.

My experience is that white cats are pussycats. The yellow cat, now deceased had several names. Yellow Peril, Attila, Dr. Evil. The hand that reached out to him would not be returned in it's original condition.

The white cat I referred to hated everyone and everything except me and my mom.  At least one of my mom's boyfriends was chased out of the house by the cat.

When she was 16, a friend of mine came over and we were watching a movie.  She crawled into his lap and went to sleep.  He was scared to touch her.

She never left our house for 17 years, then she decided to go on walkabouts.  She'd leave for about two weeks, then come back to get fed and cleaned up.  She kept that up for two years before a dump truck killed her.  I now joke that it was the only thing big enough to.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 17 2012,14:36   

One more thing and I'll stop. the mailman threatened to stop delivering our mail if we didn't keep Attila inside. We were his forth home.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 20 2012,04:56   

Trivia time:
The author of this
http://www.asa3.org/ASA....ns.html

Is ChemCam Principal Investigator Roger Wiens of Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M.,  in charge of the laser rock zapper on the new Mars rover.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 21 2012,10:18   

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automat....e-track

This is pretty cool (thanks dv).  

Why don't they use evolutionary algorithms for determining how to drive?  Lap time would be a good fitness measure and you could run a couple thousand sims before putting it in a real car.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,14:11   

Quote (OgreMkV @ Aug. 21 2012,11:18)
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automat....e-track

This is pretty cool (thanks dv).  

Why don't they use evolutionary algorithms for determining how to drive?  Lap time would be a good fitness measure and you could run a couple thousand sims before putting it in a real car.

They do.

http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cig08....043.pdf

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,14:44   

Quote (dvunkannon @ Aug. 22 2012,14:11)
Quote (OgreMkV @ Aug. 21 2012,11:18)
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automat....e-track

This is pretty cool (thanks dv).  

Why don't they use evolutionary algorithms for determining how to drive?  Lap time would be a good fitness measure and you could run a couple thousand sims before putting it in a real car.

They do.

http://www.csse.uwa.edu.au/cig08......043.pdf

Coolness.  Thanks!

If you have any more using GAs, let me know.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,14:59   

You know the driving rules are smuggled into the algorithm.

Seriously, I have a question for evilutionists. What is the problem with learning as a metaphor for evolution?

I know there's a huge difference in the supporting substrate, but the process seems to be the same. When an organism is learning, There is no invocation of magic regarding where the information comes from.

I see all these battles over the word information, when it seems to me that however loosely the term is used, it can be a useful metaphor. The battle should be to understand that learning is an accumulation of information, and that evolution is learning.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,15:30   

Yep, an evolving gene pool does show some of the same properties as a neural network.

One difference is that a neural network would probably keep records of things that didn't work as well as things that did, while a gene pool tends to drop records of things that didn't work.

And of course there's technical differences in how the nodes are connected to each other. I'm not show what part of a gene pool would be analogous to a node.

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,21:47   

According to IDiot creationists, "the designer" (god) deliberately designed and created everything, and especially everything biological, which would include deadly KPC. In the situation reported in that article, scientists obviously went against the designer's (god's) will and not only figured out that KPC has evolved to be drug and disinfectant resistant, but they stopped the designer's (god's) murderous intent and actions before even more people were killed.

Hmm, I wonder why 'ID/creation scientists' (LOL), in all their advanced research facilities (LOL) and with all their advanced knowledge (LOL), didn't figure out KPC before it killed even one person and how to prevent it from killing anyone else?

The moral of the story:

The IDiot creationists worship a so-called "intelligent designer" (god) that likes to design things that kill people (and everything else) in horrible ways.

"ID" is useless, bogus, and nothing but a creationist, dominionist agenda.

Evolution occurs.

Science isn't perfect but it works.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 22 2012,22:48   

A few interesting articles:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release....742.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release....212.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/release....255.htm

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 23 2012,10:00   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 22 2012,15:59)
You know the driving rules are smuggled into the algorithm.

Seriously, I have a question for evilutionists. What is the problem with learning as a metaphor for evolution?

I know there's a huge difference in the supporting substrate, but the process seems to be the same. When an organism is learning, There is no invocation of magic regarding where the information comes from.

I see all these battles over the word information, when it seems to me that however loosely the term is used, it can be a useful metaphor. The battle should be to understand that learning is an accumulation of information, and that evolution is learning.

I don't think it is a good metaphor, but I think the discussion sounds fun!

What kind of learning are we talking about? High level human learning as in figuring out how to be more attractive to women? Or neural network back propagation?

In learning, there is no population, and no crossing/mutating of 'memes'. (I think that Dawkins' use of that term referred to cultural change.)

In back propagation in particular, there is a goal. You are training the neural network with a set of examples. The experimenter isn't smuggling information, she is delivering through the front gate.

An IDist might try to dismiss GA results with "That isn't evolving, that is just learning!" (And Bob Marks could spin that line better than anyone, given his strong background in NN research.) I think the paradigms are different enough that there are clear distinctions.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 23 2012,10:14   

The neural net would be the population. In the simplest view, what gets selected is associations. In the behaviorist model what gets selected is tendencies to do specific things in specific contexts.

In a physiological  view, each neuron must have something equivalent to genes, a storage system that determines its contextual responses. Something that can vary and also store.

Where's febble?

Edited by midwifetoad on Aug. 23 2012,10:16

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 26 2012,03:15   

Coming to a camera near you?

Lens

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 26 2012,10:07   

Quote (midwifetoad @ Aug. 23 2012,11:14)
The neural net would be the population. In the simplest view, what gets selected is associations. In the behaviorist model what gets selected is tendencies to do specific things in specific contexts.

In a physiological  view, each neuron must have something equivalent to genes, a storage system that determines its contextual responses. Something that can vary and also store.

Where's febble?

So in this analogy, the population is the set of neurons, the individual is the neuron and the gene is some stable aspect of the neuron, like excitation threshold.

What is not captured is the connectivity, and in learning it is the strength of these connections that varies.

So I'm still not seeing evolution as a good analogy to learning, or vice versa.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 26 2012,10:11   

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Coming to a camera near you?

Lens

Good for telecom applications (as they say) where you are working with only one wavelength of light from a laser. We have to wait and see if it can work with multiple frequencies at once.

Of course, for a digital camera, it only has to work with three frequencies at once. The light capturing wells have a Bayer filter in front of them, so each well sees only one specific red, green, or blue wavelength.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 26 2012,13:02   

Quote (dvunkannon @ Aug. 26 2012,08:11)
Quote (The whole truth @ Aug. 26 2012,04:15)
Coming to a camera near you?

Lens

Good for telecom applications (as they say) where you are working with only one wavelength of light from a laser. We have to wait and see if it can work with multiple frequencies at once.

Of course, for a digital camera, it only has to work with three frequencies at once. The light capturing wells have a Bayer filter in front of them, so each well sees only one specific red, green, or blue wavelength.

Or 3 lenses with adjustable range focus, a sort of tri-ocular vision... 3-colour 3D? Hmmm...

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 26 2012,23:00   

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So in this analogy, the population is the set of neurons, the individual is the neuron and the gene is some stable aspect of the neuron, like excitation threshold.

But (AFAIK) neurons don't typically come and go the way individuals in a species do.

I'm not sure if a gene pool has something analogous to a connection strength, unless it's how close two genes are on the chromosome. And that's not a stable value over time.

The math might work too differently for the analogy to be useful in the details.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 27 2012,02:43   

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So in this analogy, the population is the set of neurons, the individual is the neuron and the gene is some stable aspect of the neuron, like excitation threshold.

But (AFAIK) neurons don't typically come and go the way individuals in a species do.

I'm not sure if a gene pool has something analogous to a connection strength, unless it's how close two genes are on the chromosome. And that's not a stable value over time.

The math might work too differently for the analogy to be useful in the details.

Henry

The physica substrate is quite different, so the analogy has limitations. But you have variation, selection and incremental change. You have the accumulation of changes building complex behaviors that cannot be a hieved in one step.

I don't know of any emulation of evolution that simulates  chemistry, so they all have limitations.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 27 2012,09:31   

Simpler genetic code still works:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/release....404.htm

One small step back, and an interesting hypothesis at the end of the piece about how new assignments could spread.

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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 27 2012,11:40   

Bill Nye 'The Science Guy' Hits Evolution Deniers

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In a clip posted to online knowledge forum Big Think via YouTube, former children's show host Bill Nye spoke out against the denial of evolution, saying such views harm young people especially and hamper scientific progress.

  
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(Permalink) Posted: Aug. 28 2012,22:52   

Male Snails Babysit for Philandering Females

Question:  Were the shameless snail hussies Designed that way, or is this the result of the Fall?

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