▲ 118 ▼ It’s time to admit that genes are not the blueprint for life (www.nature.com) submitted 2 years ago* by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments Review of 2023 book: How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball. ISBN9781529095999
[+] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think we will. It's still a useful analogy for initial understanding. However, I think we should be clear that it's not quite perfect. Just like we have to be careful about bringing a Newtonian understanding into quantum physics where someone might believe a photon has mass because it has momentum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I think we will. It's still a useful analogy for initial understanding. However, I think we should be clear that it's not quite perfect. Just like we have to be careful about bringing a Newtonian understanding into quantum physics where someone might believe a photon has mass because it has momentum. permalink fedilink source parent