Claim on page one of the introduction: ~100 de novo mutations per live birth, ~10% of these *obviously* deleterious . . . ruh roh I . . . I guess that's the book, let's pack it up, thanks for reading with me fellas
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Author's depiction of God playing dice This figure takes up most of page 76pic.twitter.com/sUCCKFU6qT
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Surely this varies by radiation type? Eg imagine ingested alpha emitters are pretty effective mutagens relative to gamma emitters (??)pic.twitter.com/M5YTMC4NXf
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Breaking for today, but going to keep going soon. Expect the tastiest parts yet to come.
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Genetics feels more abstract imo
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I'm thinking maybe it's an attempt to describe a kludgy evolved system rather than something synthetic (econ) or deeply orderly and regular (say, 19C physics)
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Or maybe it's just me. I've always had a harder time reshaping my thoughts around genetics than (eg) math econ