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> But if it were 100% programmed death, the problem would be easy: change the code. The problem is finding the code in the first place. To my programmer mind,
by grishka 2y ago
> But if it were 100% programmed death, the problem would be easy: change the code.
The problem is finding the code in the first place. To my programmer mind, biology feels like it must be comprised of layers of emergent behavior. We're not very good at understanding these right now. It might well be that the code you're talking about is not in the DNA, but rather it emerges somewhere where we aren't looking.
> A lot of medicine is forcing the immune system to stop going Rambo.
Okay you win :P
- throwaway837te 2y agoMaybe developers should spend more time in bio tech, rather than ad tech. Imagine if we spent 30% of our effort to improve humanity.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoI should have said "simple" instead of "easy." It isn't easy. But if it's all in our genes, that's a finite search space. In reality, the search space is indeterminetedly bounded, possibly unbounded. It's hard not because it's elusive, but because it's complex.
- D-Coder 2y ago> To my programmer mind, biology feels like it must be comprised of layers of emergent behavior. Think of it as a billion years of kludges.