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drethelin comments on Open Thread April 8 - April 14 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 10 April 2014 09:23:46PM *  2 points [-]

Nanotech without biochemistry won't be able to help anyone medically. That's like saying you don't need to know about biology because farming is all going to be done with machines these days.

ALSO: Biochemistry and cell biology are the best existing examples we have of nanotech machines.