.@bascule they are simulating the bacterium at about the same level sim city simulates a real city - chemical cycles not molecular dynamics
We're simulating bacteria in computers. How long until we can simulate humans? http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/science/in-a-first-an-entire-organism-is-simulated-by-software.html?_r=1&hp …
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@bascule The problem is that people don't understand what is being simulated and jump to wild conclusions. -
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@bascule I agree, as long as one has realistic ideas about what behavior that does and does not capture.
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@bascule Based on the combinatorial explosion in interaction complexity, never.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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