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I have a strange career. I know it because people come up to me, like colleagues, and say, 'Chris, you have a strange career.'

~Chris Adami

Topics: Because Career Chris Colleagues Come Know Like Me People Say Strange Up You

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Can life be defined? Well, how would you go about it? Well, of course, you'd go to Encyclopedia Britannica and open at L. No, of course you don't do that; you put it somewhere in Google. And then you might get something.

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Topics: About Course Defined Encyclopedia Get Go Google How Life Might Open Put Something Somewhere Then Well Would You

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We can make life in the computer. Granted, it's limited, but we have learned what it takes in order to actually construct it.

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Topics: Actually Computer Construct Granted Learned Life Limited Make Order Takes

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Life can be less mysterious than we make it out to be when we try to think about how it would be on other planets. And if we remove the mystery of life, then I think it is a little bit easier for us to think about how we live, and how perhaps we're not as special as we always think we are.

~Chris Adami

Topics: About Always Bit Easier How Less Life Little Little Bit Live Make Mysterious Mystery Other Out Perhaps Planets Remove Special Than Then Think Try Us Would I Think

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We found evolution will punish you if you're selfish and mean. For a short time and against a specific set of opponents, some selfish organisms may come out ahead. But selfishness isn't evolutionarily sustainable.

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Topics: Against Come Evolution Found May Mean Opponents Organisms Out Punish Selfish Selfishness Set Short Short Time Some Specific Sustainable Time Will You Ahead

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In the animal world, there are all kinds of behaviors that are binary: for example, to flee or to fight. In any evolutionary environment, knowing your opponent's decision would not be advantageous for long because your opponent would evolve the same recognition mechanism to also know you.

~Chris Adami

Topics: Also Animal Any Because Behaviors Binary Decision Environment Evolutionary Evolve Example Fight Flee For Example Kinds Know Knowing Long Mechanism Opponent Recognition Same World Would You Your

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Biography

Nationality: Belgian

Type: Scientist

Born: August 30th, 1962

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