Comment by pixl97
7 hours ago
>that biology is not math or coding
Biology is a really really big field. Many problems in biology are that of math and coding. Just as a simple example look at the golden ratio in living organisms. Biology follows a lot of different algorithms because they are energy efficient and come with massive secondary benefits.
> Just as a simple example look at the golden ratio in living organisms
What is this example meant to illustrate?
The golden ratio is one of those things you can study for years and be a amazed by.
>The golden ratio (≈ 1.618) and its related golden angle (137.5°) show up in nature because they maximize space, exposure, and flow.
The golden ratio is an algorithm, but it is also a natural law that systems of many different scales follow. Wherever we look we find examples of it. Without this algorithm the world is a much harder place to explain.
What many scientists starting to look for is these algorithms we have not identified in natural systems as an explanatory means of their workings. Also because they are algorithms they are things we can put into computer systems to increase efficiency, or may naturally emerge from evolutionary learning systems like AI in what we call emegence.
The golden ratio in nature is numerology. Biology is beautiful enough in itself without having the golden ratio shoehorned into it. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10792139/
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I think it illustrates that there are cool things to find beneath the lamp post of math and coding.
Not just cool things. But real things that effect physics.