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Andy Walsh
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Chief Science Officer, Health Monitoring
https://www.health-monitoring.com/company
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j6shqdQAAAAJ

Science & Religion Writer
https://www.faithacrossthemultiverse.com/

Aspiring Artificial Life researcher
Who named him Morbius and not Hemogoblin?
September 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Need some extra joy? May I suggest Wild Iris Brass Band's new album? At the very least, enjoy this Dolly Parton cover.

open.spotify.com/track/6kBuzi...
9 to 5
Wild Iris Brass Band, Jeff Coffin, Ray Mason, Emmanuel Echem, Jovan Quallo, Neil Konouchi, Justin Amaral, Ryoko Suzuki · Way Up · Song · 2025
open.spotify.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There's probably two or three dozen movies that my top 10 could be drawn from, depending on when you ask. Choosing just one Christopher Nolan film was especially tricky; I took the high road and went with one of the ones I'm not in.
June 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Two thirds of all religious leaders, and three fourths of evangelical protestant leaders, had something to say about evolution in 2019-2020.
So, what seminary wants to hire me to teach evolutionary biology? Because clearly there is a need.
April 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Self-medicating my TDS
March 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Happy Birthday to John Williams!

For Super Bowl Weekend, a John Williams football fact: He composed the score for the 1968 TV movie Heidi. The premiere of that film preempted the final minutes of a Jets-Raiders game which featured a notable comeback by the Raiders.
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
As a complement to WQXR's annual countdown, I've put together a playlist of music written in my lifetime.

45 works from 45 composers, one for each year between 1980 and 2024.

I hope you find something you enjoy!

open.spotify.com/playlist/4GJ...

And for 2024: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvHI...
2024 Classical Countdown
Playlist · madrox200 · 165 items
open.spotify.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by Andy Walsh
Our conversation is inspired by this new paper from Blaise and collaborators, demonstrating the spontaneous appearance of self-replicating computer code from an initially random assortment. With obvious implications for the origin of life.
arxiv.org/abs/2406.19108
Computational Life: How Well-formed, Self-replicating Programs...
The fields of Origin of Life and Artificial Life both question what life is and how it emerges from a distinct set of "pre-life" dynamics. One common feature of most substrates where life emerges...
arxiv.org
August 19, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Reposted by Andy Walsh
Mindscape 286 | Blaise Agüera y Arcas on the Emergence of Replication and Computation. #MindscapePodcast

www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
286 | Blaise Agüera y Arcas on the Emergence of Replication and Computation – Sean Carroll
www.preposterousuniverse.com
August 19, 2024 at 11:30 AM
June 30, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Reposted by Andy Walsh
Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...
New Covid Shots Recommended for Americans 6 Months and Older This Fall
As the virus continues to mutate, scientific advisers to the C.D.C. are urging Americans to roll up their sleeves again for annual vaccinations.
www.nytimes.com
June 27, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Reposted by Andy Walsh
I'm so happy to share that my debut book, LIFE AS NO ONE KNOWS IT, comes out August 6th, 2024 from @riverheadbooks! Read more about it here: bit.ly/3QN0Nop
May 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
The only canonical X-ability you can use in real life!
April 27, 2024 at 1:54 AM
I knew Argylle was based on a book. I didn't realize it was by Dr Seuss.

O, the places that movie goes.
April 14, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Big day for X-Men. Maybe folks would like to check out my X-inspired evo sim, the Quandary Den? I've used it to demonstrate evolution as an information-learning algorithm (blog.emergingscholars.org/2021/02/scienc…) and constructive neutral evolution (blog.emergingscholars.org/2021/07/scienc���)
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March 21, 2024 at 12:32 AM