Comment on io9 about this thing:
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Dear Media,
It was trained scientists who decided to pitch this one to the gamers. Its not as if gamers decided to fire up Foldit to solve this problem-- they are not an organized group. Also inherent to this decision was scientist knowing that humans have better spacial skills than a computer and that Foldit would help organize hundreds of people to this singular task.
So stop typing headlines like "Scientific novices solve AIDS mystery", it not like the gamers were using the scientific method to solve an age old problem. They were performing a task over and over again until it conformed to predicted scientific theories.
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What he said. Still, splendid news otherwise.