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My friend Ali just published a paper in PLoS. Here’s an easier version to read. GO READ IT!

Here’s a picture of Ali and me. Doesn’t she look all academic?

(cross posted to my rotman blog—I want to promote this :))

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5 Comments to

On October 25th, 2006 at 9:17 am Tim Says:
Congrats Ali!

D00D, you look really drunk in that picture.

The big question is, if she looks like an academic, and you look like a drunk.. what would children produced by you two look like?
On October 25th, 2006 at 1:30 pm Riz Says:
That picture was taken during my last night in Kingston… Guess what I was doing for the few hours before this picture was taken. Hint, I was at a bar.

Ali’s theory is related to sexually antagonistic genes. I don’t think looking drunk or academic are traits related to sexual fitness.
On October 25th, 2006 at 3:45 pm Ali Says:
I don’t know… for a girl, I think it’s safe that looking drunk is much more likely to attract the opposite sex than looking academic is. And for guys, it’s probably the opposite. If this is true, it seems neither Riz or I have high sexual fitness (d’oh!), so we’d probably have some kickass kids.
On October 25th, 2006 at 3:51 pm Riz Says:
Pick-up line at the bar: I’m not hot but think of the children!
On October 30th, 2006 at 5:09 am Tim Says:
“Fruit fly dating game” provides clues to our reproductive prowess; makes the Queen’s homepage. W00t W00t!

Riz - good luck with that pickup line.. lemme know how it goes