Logos01 comments on How to deal with non-realism? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 June 2012 01:33:15AM 1 point [-]

over time your genetic pattern changes -- the composition of cancerous to non-cancerous cells; the composition of senescent to non-senescent cells

Note that neither of these developments are generally considered good.

Comment author: Logos01 02 June 2012 02:31:10AM 0 points [-]

Indeed. But they do demonstrate the principle in question.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 June 2012 02:46:56AM * 1 point [-]

The principal you're trying to demonstrate is that one shouldn't fear changing one's substrate since it's already happening. So, no they don't.

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