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Review of 2023 book: How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology Philip Ball. ISBN9781529095999

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[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

What's weird is claiming the book is "incredibly important" but also, the author's thoughts on the subject are so obvious that you do not need to finish the book.

[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Let’s say you were an expert in epidemiological modeling, and you and a modestly sized group of your fellow researchers had been working on an approach that demonstrated what should have been done in 2020, and what a shitshow it would be if it wasn’t done. Then, of course, it wasn’t done. Then one of your fellow travelers wrote a book saying what should have been done. You know the work - you’d contributed to it yourself - but you think other people should know about it.

Would you consider that book “very important?”

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

IDK, I only read the first line of your comment

[–] makunamatata@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

Well, had to read the last line as well to be able to come up with a witty cheeky response ¯\_(ツ)_/¯