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That isn't nearly enough time to conclude that the changes are irreversible and it's frankly irresponsible to make that inferential jump.
by sn9 3y ago
That isn't nearly enough time to conclude that the changes are irreversible and it's frankly irresponsible to make that inferential jump.
- xk_id 3y agoI’m assuming you mean that purely on semantic grounds. Due to plasticity, regeneration or periodic cycles, in biology there is seldom irreversible change in the absolute sense; some kind of cut off point is implied. Another example is “irreversible enzyme inhibition” [0] - which is relative to the rate at which the protein is expressed and therefore could refer to a period of a couple of weeks. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_inhibitor#Irreversible_inhibitors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme_inhibitor#Irreversible_...
- sn9 3y agoIf you know that, then you were be unnecessarily hyperbolic in a way that was misleading.