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What does a complete model of biology look like?

Why am I posting this on LessWrong? Biological models inhabit the intersection between biology, philosophy, and computer science. I have not yet found good answers to my question, despite asking professional biologists, philosophers, and others. Perhaps the community has some ideas. What does a complete model of biology look like?...

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What does a complete model of biology look like?

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What does a complete model of biology look like?

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Why am I posting this on LessWrong?

Biological models inhabit the intersection between biology, philosophy, and computer science. I have not yet found good answers to my question, despite asking professional biologists, philosophers, and others. Perhaps the community has some ideas.

What does a complete model of biology look like?

Which genes increase my chances of Alzheimer’s, by what mechanisms, and what can we do about them?

How do eyes work?

How do I make flying monkeys?

These are the questions that people look to biology to answer. Is the mountains of data we biologists are generating, efficiently bringing us closer to answering them? How explanatory and predictive are the models we build upon this data?

How can we... (read 2996 more words →)

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What does a complete model of biology look like?

What does a complete model of biology look like?