Mikail Khona
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Here is a curated collection of blogs and posts that have stuck with me
Machine learning for science
Discovering a universal language of sugar molecules on cellular surfaces using machine learning
Sequence basis of transcription initiation in the human genome
Science for machine learning
How to make the Universe think for us
Science and research
The importance of stupidity in scientific research
“A book I love is “Proofs and Refutations” (Imre Lakatos). A big point of that book is that people tend to think of definitions & categories as starting points, from which we derive theorems or scientific results about the world. But the process really works the other way round. Definitions and categories are things which emerge after we’ve understood phenomena in the world, and as a consequence of that understanding. And so while it’s worth making very tentative definitions, it’s a mistake to do so too prematurely, or to hold too strongly to them. Those tentative definitions are, at best, scaffolding to help arrive at an understanding, which may eventually result in good definitions.” - Michael Nielsen’s Blog
Bats and Dolphins evolved echolocation in the same way - This is an amazing example of evolution acting on the genome of two vastly different species, with different ecological niches but arriving at the same solution at the genetic level.
General
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck - my takeaways
How do Video Games Stay in Sync? An Intro to the Fascinating Networking of Real Time Games.