http://why.id.au/home/ 2010-02-16T07:10:17+01:00 http://why.id.au/home/ http://why.id.au/home/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-02-11T01:42:37+01:00 Maciek Chudek http://why.id.au/home/doku.php/software?rev=1265848957&do=diff I tend to make small bits of software that do specific tasks I need. Some of these might be useful and I'll provide them here. Unless otherwise specified they're available under the GPLv3 license. ---------- [Bary_manipulate] - When formally modelling dynamic systems with three interacting strategies, sometimes it is useful to plot the trajectory of the system on a triangle, the distance from each vertex representing the proportion of each strategy. This is a Mathematica function which will d… text/html 2009-11-13T06:21:32+01:00 Maciek Chudek http://why.id.au/home/doku.php/what_i_do?rev=1258089692&do=diff Modern Evidence for the Origins of Culture This is my main line of inquiry. I devise, carry out and (ideally) publish studies of modern psychology that test theories about our ancient history and the evolutionary pressures that made us cultural. Typically, but not exclusively, I use the tools of Social Psychology, in which I'm receiving my training. More details are available on my lab's website. text/html 2009-11-12T04:30:00+01:00 Maciek Chudek http://why.id.au/home/doku.php/about_me?rev=1257996600&do=diff [Photo of Maciek Chudek] Doctoral Candidate Department of Psychology University of British Columbia Interests I'm interested in humans, what they are and how they came to be that way. I'm particular taken by notions that we are a species that has been domesticated by our culture - a system of replicating information subject to selection pressures which has, in its own distinct way, adapted to our minds, which have in turn adapted to it. In short, our brains and culture have coevolved, w…