{"id":103,"date":"2016-03-09T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecologybits.com\/?p=103"},"modified":"2016-03-04T15:26:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-04T20:26:49","slug":"archetype-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ecologybits.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/09\/archetype-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Archetype solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here are my answers to the Archetype puzzle<\/a> I presented last week. If you haven’t seen it yet, go read that first. This entire post is a spoiler.<\/p>\n

Oh, and feel free to quibble with my answers in the comments.<\/p>\n

1. Red and blue balls in an urn<\/em><\/p>\n

Probability, combinatorics<\/p>\n

2. Galapagos finches<\/em><\/p>\n

Evolution, allopatric speciation or adaptive radiation<\/p>\n

3. Alice, Bob, and Eve<\/em><\/p>\n

Cryptography, eavesdropping<\/p>\n

4. A spherical cow<\/em><\/p>\n

Theoretical physics, simplifying approximation<\/p>\n

5. Lynx and snowshoe hare<\/em><\/p>\n

Community ecology, predator-prey dynamics<\/p>\n

6. Brain-in-a-vat<\/em><\/p>\n

Epistemology (Philosophy is acceptable, too), solipsism<\/p>\n

7. “Hello, world!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Computer science, programming<\/p>\n

8. The monkey and the hunter<\/em><\/p>\n

Newtonian physics, gravity<\/p>\n

9. The babysitting cooperative<\/em><\/p>\n

Macroeconomics, the paradox of thrift<\/p>\n

Bonus (2 points): What follows? Up, up, down, down<\/em><\/p>\n

left, right, left, right, B, A\u00a0 (you may also include ‘select, start’ or just ‘start’ at the end)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are my answers to the Archetype puzzle I presented last week. If you haven’t seen it yet, go read that first. This entire post is a spoiler. Oh, and feel free to quibble with my answers in the comments. 1. Red and blue balls in an urn Probability, combinatorics 2. Galapagos finches Evolution, allopatric … <\/p>\n

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