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I think visualizing Linux kernel development can give a little perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFnzr73XXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFnzr73
by cal5k 9y ago
I think visualizing Linux kernel development can give a little perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFnzr73XXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iFnzr73XXk
If you view it in a single graph... yes, it seems completely intractable. If you can break it down into subcomponents and track the dependencies, it becomes much more tractable.
- CuriouslyC 9y agoThe thing with biochemistry is that it is highly connected, and very complex. Molecules aren't just products, they can also bind to gene regulators, or stabilize protein complexes. You can't cleanly separate parts of the system.
- cellis 9y agoReminds me of a talk by Andrew Endy[1], a long time ago, about synthetic biology. The essence is that his vision is to create "building blocks" of bio that have standard interfaces so you can then "code" them instead of untangling this spaghetti of life. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFqqxxtbRY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJFqqxxtbRY
- TeMPOraL 9y agoThis only means we need better tooling and better abstractions to be able to tackle this problem.
- jerven 9y agoDifference with the linux kernel one is that this one is rather uncomplete. There are a lot of biological pathways that are just unknown.