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I love tech analogies to biological functions. It amazes me how much 'tech' is always running on a cellular/molecular level. Thank you!
by aphextim 7y ago
I love tech analogies to biological functions.
It amazes me how much 'tech' is always running on a cellular/molecular level.
Thank you!
- SamBam 7y agoWe always reach for the analogies that match our experience most closely. If this were 200 years ago, we'd say that the immune system was like a lock-and-key mechanism, or perhaps we'd say it was like a bank checking for correct signatures. Indeed, I remember a kid's cartoon about our bodies when I was growing up that showed germs that had evolved the correct antigens as being spies passing through passport control with forged passports.
- magicalhippo 7y agoIndeed. I had read about it before but viewing these visualizations blew my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMtWvDbfHLo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMtWvDbfHLo (DNA transcription) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfYf_rPWUdY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfYf_rPWUdY (mRNA translation) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ArIJWYZHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ArIJWYZHI (DNA replication)