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Quality control. Precision. Repeatability. Certification. Knowledge. Distribution. Efficacy. Evidence. It's like the difference between heroin and opioids
by avs733 6y ago
Quality control. Precision. Repeatability. Certification. Knowledge. Distribution. Efficacy. Evidence.
It's like the difference between heroin and opioids
- xxpor 6y agoIt's kind of funny, pharmaceuticals have similar economics to software now that I think about it: extremely high upfront fixed costs, minimal marginal costs.
- kazinator 6y agoYes; there are similar risks. Working on something for years that might not work, or not pass clinical trials or whatever. The only difference is that the researcher's limit for not understanding the code might be 150,000 lines, but only 50 atoms for not understanding the molecule. :)
- asitov 6y agoAre you saying you wouldn't take the heroin version of a covid vax?
- avs733 6y agoI wouldn’t take the heroin version of anything unless the alternative was highly likely and extremely bad Would I drink murky water in the woods? Maybe? Am I about to die of thirst and have no other clean water sources? Would I take a vaccine made in a dude’s garage and posted on less wrong? Maybe? But only if there are no other options to keep me from a disease way worse than the horrors that covid actually is. But it’s worth recognizing that this fear and noise in the system is the same type of thing that gave us an Arizona couple dead from drinking fish tank cleaner.
- bawolff 6y agoHeroin actually gets the job done and you can tell if its working. Not so with this.
- avs733 6y agoAgreed. Was looking for an analogy and my brain spat out an ad not a search result