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mopinko

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20. yes- the category of "shit i wish i didnt need to know" is yuuge.

Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:38 PM

Apr 2019

i leave most of that up to them. i taught them to google, i'm out of it now.
that's what they tell me, anyway.

i actually find the biologics amazing. i am old enough to remember when people wondered what we could possibly learn from understanding dna. after all, how were we going to get in and change something so tiny?

so the idea that we have gotten to the point where we can send little biological warriors to war against crucial systems run wild just boggles my mind.
i cant shake the bias that the deeper the understanding and the science, the better it has to be. getting down to changing causes instead of managing symptoms? i'm in.

i love science too much to let her down, and not believe. lol.

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I understand completely.. stillcool Apr 2019 #19

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It's a nasty fungal infection, for sure. MineralMan Apr 2019 #7

more and more people w impaired immune systems, tho. mopinko Apr 2019 #10

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i dont find that last sentence comforting. mopinko Apr 2019 #13

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