Yeah, as I mentioned in my earlier comment bio stuff is:
inherently slower (slow experiments, more caution, more regulation, more difficult problems)
So yeah I agree applications are also difficult. One thing I’m trying to say is “the progress of bio feels slower in significant part because the science itself is difficult, and is actually slower in a sense, but this is a confusing way to view it because there has also been a large amount of scientific progress; so it’s slower in some sense of being less progress per time relative to the total difficulty of the field, i.e. we’re still mostly confused and mostly powerless in the domain of bio; but the absolute quantity of knowledge and power we’ve gained is large; but people don’t appreciate that; partly that’s because the applications are separately harder and slower, and maybe partly that’s because it’s harder / less legible to attribute the applications to the font of deep progress”.
Yeah, as I mentioned in my earlier comment bio stuff is:
So yeah I agree applications are also difficult. One thing I’m trying to say is “the progress of bio feels slower in significant part because the science itself is difficult, and is actually slower in a sense, but this is a confusing way to view it because there has also been a large amount of scientific progress; so it’s slower in some sense of being less progress per time relative to the total difficulty of the field, i.e. we’re still mostly confused and mostly powerless in the domain of bio; but the absolute quantity of knowledge and power we’ve gained is large; but people don’t appreciate that; partly that’s because the applications are separately harder and slower, and maybe partly that’s because it’s harder / less legible to attribute the applications to the font of deep progress”.