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We must live in different worlds, I’ve been literally blown away by the advances I’ve seen and the new research coming out in the past 40 years. In some ways it

We must live in different worlds, I’ve been literally blown away by the advances I’ve seen and the new research coming out in the past 40 years. In some ways it feels like we are just getting started, especially in bio. We finally have the tools to discover the wonderful nano machines that make up life and people are using them in wonderful ways.

noosphr 3mo ago
It's only between 1920 and 1960 that you would have been literally blown away by scientific progress, first as we split the atom then fused it. That you're impressed by the stamp collecting that science has become since then says a lot more about you than the state of scientific progress.
- throwaway676712 3mo ago
  The commenter was talking about biology and you are talking about physics. Just because your view of one field stagnates doesn't mean the rest of science doesn't, and your quip about stamp collecting (referring to that sneering quote) means you are thinking in memes and are not a serious interlocutor
  - noosphr 3mo ago
    Understanding how a bunch of baroque proteins interact is the definition of stamp collecting. As a meat bag made up of such machines I appreciate it for what it is. As a intelligence capable of abstraction I don't measure our progress in science by the number of stamps in our collection. There are no big ideas, biology included, because peer review is only there for small ideas.
    - throwaway676712 3mo ago
      So you think biology is just proteomics and use meme expressions like 'meat bag', got it. Not updating my prior on you being unserious
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      - noosphr 3mo ago
        I'm a coauthor on a peer reviewed biology paper with 5,000 citation.
        throwaway676712 3mo ago
        "Co-author" lol we both know what that means. Still, if that's true that makes it even sadder. Hope you mature and broaden your horizons at some point instead of engaging in undergrad-style petty field rivalries

noosphr 3mo ago

It's only between 1920 and 1960 that you would have been literally blown away by scientific progress, first as we split the atom then fused it. That you're impressed by the stamp collecting that science has become since then says a lot more about you than the state of scientific progress.

throwaway676712 3mo ago
The commenter was talking about biology and you are talking about physics. Just because your view of one field stagnates doesn't mean the rest of science doesn't, and your quip about stamp collecting (referring to that sneering quote) means you are thinking in memes and are not a serious interlocutor
- noosphr 3mo ago
  Understanding how a bunch of baroque proteins interact is the definition of stamp collecting. As a meat bag made up of such machines I appreciate it for what it is. As a intelligence capable of abstraction I don't measure our progress in science by the number of stamps in our collection. There are no big ideas, biology included, because peer review is only there for small ideas.
  - throwaway676712 3mo ago
    So you think biology is just proteomics and use meme expressions like 'meat bag', got it. Not updating my prior on you being unserious
    - deleted 3mo ago
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    - noosphr 3mo ago
      I'm a coauthor on a peer reviewed biology paper with 5,000 citation.
      - throwaway676712 3mo ago
        "Co-author" lol we both know what that means. Still, if that's true that makes it even sadder. Hope you mature and broaden your horizons at some point instead of engaging in undergrad-style petty field rivalries