Monday, September 26, 2011

Gamers Solve Scientific Problems

How did gamers use the computer game Foldit to solve the protein folding mystery?
They created what it might look like and studied it.

Who can participate in this problem solving and be a player in Foldit?
Anyone with strong critical thinking skills can participate in the solution.

What can critical thinking do for science?
Critical thinking in people gives the opportunity to people who don't have a background in Bio-Chemistry to solve puzzles that have been bothering scientist for decades.

If you could solve a mystery through gaming for any kind of disease or illness in the world, what would it be?
all the Cancer there is, all types of them, with a 100% certainty that it would be cured for those people who have it.

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