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This is an open office hours session for the Summer of Protocols program where organizers answer applicant questions about the application process, submission requirements, and the program's working definition of protocols. Key topics include clarification that writing samples need not be protocol-related, deadline specifics (Tuesday the 21st at midnight Pacific time), and discussion of the evolving definition of protocols as 'a stratum of codified behavior that allows for the construction or emergence of complex coordinated behaviors at adjacent loci.'

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