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It's not impossible that everything in the universe can be explained within the scope of human reason. Life just seems to exceed that scope, is all.

• ip26 3mo ago
  It's like modeling a living cell in a computer building upon the basic maths of physics. Yes, it is a thing that is "possible". However it is not practicable to capture everything that matters and run that simulation.
  • bigbadfeline 3mo ago
    > It's like modeling a living cell in a computer building upon the basic maths of physics. During COVID computer modeling of cell chemistry became an established mode of study, in-silico is now used before in-vitro with great results. One has to be careful to not fall in the trap presented as an alternative to the rationalist one - it sounds like, "there's no truth" or "the truth is too hard, just give up and accept what you're told to accept". The lack of truth isn't due to it being hard or unachievable, there's enough of it to solve all major problems, it's not being pursued because of conflicts of interest.
    • smitty1e 3mo ago
      A third alternative, to quote Dirty Harry, is "A man's got to know his limitations." https://youtu.be/CG2cux_6Rcw?is=44LjSt5DpEhY6BWr https://youtu.be/CG2cux_6Rcw?is=44LjSt5DpEhY6BWr
    • ip26 3mo ago
      The alternative to the rationalist one is “be suspicious of anyone who claims to know the unarguable truth”