N.B.: I _don't_ recommend The Gene. It's good, I suppose, but the ideas:stories ratio is way too low for my taste.
Scattered notes from "The Gene: An Intimate History" by Siddhartha Mukherjee (to follow).
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Fun to see even the great Darwin groping around in the dark. Good reminder that heredity was a really hard problem.pic.twitter.com/VYasCPDT7X
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Crazy to remember that state-sponsored eugenics was squarely in the Overton Window less than a century ago....pic.twitter.com/32cN6mkmyw
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"Organisms exist not because of [chemical] reactions that are possible, but because of reactions that are *barely* possible."pic.twitter.com/26KjJi6uof
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I love the phrase "initiated into a new province of knowledge." Q: What experiences in your own life have felt like that?pic.twitter.com/vX4TCzahvp
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great examples. I had the same feeling with SICP and blockchains
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Wow, that's pretty awesome to hear. I'm glad my work has been useful to you guys! Thanks for letting me know :). (+
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what's this list conveying? a little confused
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Only read kahnemen/tversky and taleb, should get on the rest thanks!
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creating an academy to teach *everything* in easy fun ways + depth , stay tuned
first course will be meta-learning would you be interested?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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