186 - A Manifesto for Weird Science
Humans On The Loop
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Viruses Jump From One Host to Another
metastatic cancer loses robustness and is therefore able to generalize in a way that, without reverting to its stem cell like state. Viruses do something similar at the genetic level, where very high rates of mutation allow viruses to jump from one host species to another. This is incidentally the reason that we really, really need to emphasize and fund the fight against deforestation and wild meat trades. Because zoonautic illnesses are not only common, but becoming more common. The faster things change, the less sure you should be about your models of the world.
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