Panel recommends new controls on deadly gain-of-function research. Will the government listen?
1 day ago in Genomics, Medicine, and Pseudoscience
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Interesting post! As an undergrad studying molecular biology now, I feel like this is something I should get to know more about. It's fascinating how often the sheer complexity of biological systems escapes us, then comes back to bite us in the butt. I'm afraid that I'm fairly uninformed with regards to the history of scientific philosophy, even the bits that were referenced in this post - I'd love to hear if you had any recommended reading on those points.
ReplyDeleteThere are some interesting books on the history and philosophy of science which you might be interested in. In particular I would recommend Freeman Dyson's "The Sun, the Genome and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions", Peter Galison's "Image and Logic", Stuart Kauffman's "Reinventing the Sacred" (especially the first three chapters) and the article about Eroom's Law which I linked to.
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