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I attended a primer lecture on tbe immune system. Holy hell. At least 200 different types of T cells. At least 200 other types of immune cells. Then there are a
by SubiculumCode 10y ago
I attended a primer lecture on tbe immune system. Holy hell.
At least 200 different types of T cells. At least 200 other types of immune cells. Then there are all their interactions, signaling, locating, memory functions. I honestly dont know if one can ever get a handle on the complexity.
- AstralStorm 10y agoIt is not complexity, but diversity. The functions those cells perform are mostly understood as are most mechanisms by which they work. There are many variants of a similar function and mechanism. That said, immunology is still quite young too, but compared to it neuroscience is not even born.
- SubiculumCode 10y agoFor a large part we understand how two particles can interact. Simple rules. Put together 200 of those particles, predictions become very difficult and complex.
- laughingman123 10y agoAlan Kay's inspiration for OOP and message passing seems to have come from working in microbiology. Maybe thinking/finding about how biology does its computation will be important for machines that can scale very well?