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CellBioGuy comments on When does technological enhancement feel natural and acceptable? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 03 May 2015 06:42:01AM 3 points [-]

I can say that whenever he speaks about biology his claims are an order of magnitude more inane than the usual ones I see made by others.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 07 May 2015 02:17:47AM 0 points [-]

Is there a standard metric for inanity of biological claims?

Comment author: CellBioGuy 07 May 2015 04:32:40AM *  1 point [-]

Hmmm... we could define one.

We might need multiple axes though. One for thermodynamic implausiblity, one for dammit-thats-not-how-it-works-at-all / misapplication of programming concepts to chemistry, one for do-you-realize-how-complicated-what-you-just-suggested-is.