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Comment by wuj

This tool reminds me that the human body functions much like a black box. While physics can be modeled with equations and constraints, biology is inherently probabilistic and unpredictable. We verify the efficacy of a medicine by observing its outcomes: the medicine is the input, and the changes in symptoms are the output. However, we cannot model what happens in between, as we cannot definitively prove that the medicine affects only its intended targets. In many ways, much of what we understand about medicine is based on observing these black-box processes, and this tool helps to model that complexity.
parent wuj 2 years ago

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