[ExI] biology term

spike spike66 at att.net
Fri Oct 14 00:26:30 UTC 2016



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Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 12:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [ExI] biology term


>>... I don't know the terminology in genetics which is why I can't look up 
>> the answers, but I think we have some biology hipsters here.... spike

>...  Normalizing we get

p = [ xp^2 + y(1-q)p(1-p) + (1-(1-q)^2)(1-p)^2 + yqp(1-p) ]/
[(1-q)^2(1-p)^2 + y(1-q)p(1-p) + xp^2 + y(1-q)p(1-p) +
(1-(1-q)^2)(1-p)^2 + yqp(1-p) ]... Dr Anders Sandberg


Anders this is so cool!


>...I need to catch a flight...

This got me started, thanks.  Off to the races!

In the old days before the internet, we worked out equations like this.  Now
notice I first Googled, then asked my community of gurus (found the answer
that way) but didn't start with trying to derive the equation.  The object
lesson was not missed: next time, calculate first, wait for that approach to
fail, then look up the answers.  I was lazy because biology isn't my area of
expertise.  Had it been an orbit mechanics question, I mighta calculated
first.  Now... no more lazy for the spikester.

spike




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