Nemaload
Learning and science
computational neuroscience
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How HN took it
9 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score +0.32.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Ambitious, interesting project with a clever data-driven approach
From 3 comments
BTW, what you're attempting blew my mind away. That's a nice hack involving many different disciplines, it will be amazing if you can pull this off.
hcarvalhoalves on HNOooh Exciting stuff! I've been following openworm off and on for a while now. The projects should be extremely complementary. I hope they communicate. (This projects is going to…
vitno on HNSo its not just 'simulate', its more like 'virtualise'. They want to examine neurons in a real worm in real time and then model that. You know all those sci-fi books where people…
codeulike on HN
Internship application page with hands-on challenges is well designed
From 3 comments
I love the internship application page http://nemaload.davidad.org/jobs. The author does expect any candidate to be perfect before meeting, but sets out a small set of criteria…
adventureloop on HNI like the "optional" hands-on challenges he listed for applicants in the jobs page. It may end up filtering out some talented candidates (not wanting to put in this much effort…
feniv on HNThe challenges are great because it's not just another meaningless programming test. Instead it's "week 1" of the internship, where you learn the background necessary to start…
ProblemFactory on HN
Objections
Core techniques are not novel; academics already do most of the pieces
From 1 comment
While interesting (especially from a funding perspective!), most of these approaches aren't quite as ground-breaking as one might think. Neuroscientists in academia are doing…
apl on HN
Uploading to human minds is philosophically doubtful
From 1 comment
> Isn't that awesome? But ... "the philosophical assumptions fail, and human immortality through uploading is fundamentally impossible". To boil it down: They assume roughly that…
vidarh on HN
Overly hyped expectations about the maker's potential
From 1 comment
That's an awfully high "minimum". I knew several "geniuses" at that age (might even qualify myself, though admittedly I was only three years ahead of par at that age); most of…
lmm on HN
Requests
Try intermediate species such as Drosophila before zebrafish
From 1 comment
The rest are a bit out of order too... you'd probably want to try Drosophilia before Zebrafish. But yeah, the leap to mouse is pretty huge. You could potentially try to do…
mbreese on HN
Better sequencing of the species roadmap, e.g. include lizard or frog
From 2 comments
The jump from honeybee to mouse is enormous - much larger than any of the other jumps except chimpanzee to human. Maybe try lizard in between them.
ars on HNThe rest are a bit out of order too... you'd probably want to try Drosophilia before Zebrafish. But yeah, the leap to mouse is pretty huge. You could potentially try to do…
mbreese on HN
Questions
How the uploading claim and philosophy hold up
From 2 comments
The about page [1] is very interesting. "3. Providing a foundation for uploading research .... If it can be done for a worm, the next steps are to attempt a zebrafish, then a…
songgao on HNI'm curious, is the goal to prove one or few models wrong? I think while it is extremely sexy, his explanation kind of answers the question for him in a cheesy way - "depends on…
irollboozers on HN
Whether the project will coordinate with OpenWorm
From 1 comment
Oooh Exciting stuff! I've been following openworm off and on for a while now. The projects should be extremely complementary. I hope they communicate. (This projects is going to…
vitno on HN
Alternatives named
OpenWorm
From 2 comments
Interesting .. although a similar project already exists (http://www.openworm.org/), and is, from a cursory glance, much more developed.
soccerniru on HNDoesn't seem to be same thing. OpenWorm is computer simulation, while the OP plans to build a model based on observing an actual living individual [1]. [1]…
hcarvalhoalves on HN
Microryza crowdfunding for science
From 1 comment
Sounds really interesting. You could try to secure additional funding for this project via Microryza (http://www.microryza.com/), which is a kickstarter for scientific research.
netvarun on HN