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so far I've never read anything leading me to believe we can understand organic complexity That's a bit hyperbolic, isn't it? We understand the basics many or

by crusso 11y ago

so far I've never read anything leading me to believe we can understand organic complexity That's a bit hyperbolic, isn't it? We understand the basics many organic systems and our knowledge and tool sets are improving at an accelerating rate. Look at the recent gene therapy used to cure leukemia: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/104545/20151109/babys-leukemia-reversed-by-new-gene-editing-technique-therapy-may-also-work-for-other-diseases.htm http://www.techtimes.com/articles/104545/20151109/babys-leuk... To my eyes writing DNA will only be a spectacular show of nopes But we'll be able to learn so much from the failures. We'll finally have the coding and debugging tools to make a serious stab at reverse engineering life.

agumonkey 11y ago
Right, hyperbole it is. I understand that research is making very large steps these days. But too often when things get too cheap, people use it without deep enough thoughts, with something as large as an organism.... Cheap rant from my side but that's my belief. The sooner we get real insights and are able to find new cure the better. We'll see.