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I don't ever see anything nearly this complex in software. Programming has encapsulation/boundaries. In biology, everything can have an effect on everything els

by acchow 5y ago

I don't ever see anything nearly this complex in software. Programming has encapsulation/boundaries. In biology, everything can have an effect on everything else (with side channels appearing everywhere, even having influences via thermodynamic laws, pH, etc).

Kim_Bruning 5y ago
Eh? There's quite some encapsulation in biology too. Often literally. But yeah, subsystems don't need to be kept to a size that will fit inside a regular programmer's working memory.
ta988 5y ago
Yes and there are also the non enzymatic reactions that the genetics-focused people tend to ignore, but they have a big importance on a metabolome and its evolution over time after extraction.