Biological Systems
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
2 statements about Biological Systems, every show
Zuckerberg: Studying rare edge cases yields more insights than common diseases
“I think one of the interesting things from, you know, science and engineering is that often, you know, you can hit your head against the wall on the common problems, and in this case, diseases, but a lot of times you, like, learn a lot more about a system from…”
Ganguli: Evolutionary robustness proves low-dimensional structure controls biological function
“Biological systems have survived for almost four billion years of evolution. They've tolerated all sorts of insults, competition, and so forth, so they're extremely robust. Because they're robust, their function can't depend on all of the details. That means t…”