humans can build flying machines through mastering physics and chemistry but still struggle to replicate the tiny fluid movements of the human body and create an automaton that moves similar to a human.is Biology the true endgame of science? Is being able to create sentient creatures that can survive and create complex societies on Jupiter or Neptune, is that the biggest flex humanity can offer as a civilization?
>>16797732Biology BTFOs science and engineering on a fundamental level. It's decomposable only on the crudest level of approximation. This is true both physically and conceptually. The only endgame for science is to create methods that supplant it completely, e.g. massive and incomprehensible black box ML models that tackle biology (and ultimately, reality) on its own terms and evolve new solutions inside time-accelerated simulators instead of engineering anything.
>>16797732We can't fully control biology because of the mathematical complexity of proteins. It simply has too many facets for us to be able to grasp it in an automated way.Us living beings are merely approximations. We're like paintings, not blueprints. So you basically wish for an automation to unfold into an almost perfect painting. This is much harder than creating a flying box, but its not impossible - if you discard some control over the outcome, that is.Our biggest flex would be going full circle and be able to create something higher than creation itself.
