Review of 2023 book: How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball. ISBN9781529095999

  • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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    2 years ago

    Yes that’s a model, I’m not saying the model magically controls reality but that the underpinning reality is math - the reason you always have two apples in a bag when you start with one and add another is because of math, the human model of that isn’t controlling it but if we want two apples in a bag and we currently only have one then we can use our model to determine how many apples we need to add into the bag.

    The same is true of more complex systems, if we can accurately model the cellar interactions then we can derive solutions in the same way

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        2 years ago

        You’re using odd ways of describing things to try and win a pointless argument, even if everything you say is correct then it changes literally nothing about anything so whatever yeah use words like a weirdo if you like

        • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz
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          2 years ago

          You just used a bunch of words to describe “arguing semantics”. And I find it hilarious because you’re doing the exact same thing you accuse them of.

          But also, they’re right, you should drop this pointless argument.