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Don't get the idea...
Posted by Lightning Joe
28th Jul
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Wow.
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Posted by Day Dreamer
25th Jul
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Helping Animals
I support anything that helps to reduce or eliminate animal suffering from cruel and unnecessary experimentation. Computer modeling is a giant leap forward in this effort.
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25th Jul
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Don't get the idea...
Don't get the idea that this represents a "real" animal's reactions. For one thing, the "modeling" skills used are of the same order that climate models are composed of: that is, lists of formulas representing chemical relationships. These relationships are those of well-understood reactions, and as long as the "organism" is ONLY exposed to understood reactions, well it should work as planned.
But how does it do when novel chemicals are introduced? What happens when it is exposed to dioxin, for example?
But how does it do when novel chemicals are introduced? What happens when it is exposed to dioxin, for example?
Posted by Lightning Joe
28th Jul