byrnema comments on Mathematical simplicity bias and exponential functions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: byrnema 01 September 2009 09:43:24PM 0 points [-]

Yes, I noticed that I was still nevertheless describing biology as an almanac, as a library of information (predictions) that we will feel like we own because we can generate it. I suppose the best way to say what I was trying to say is that I hope that when we have a better understanding of biology, the term "almanac" won't seem pejorative, but the legitimate way of understanding something that has large numbers of similar interacting components.