tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162639.post616566698419262264..comments2009-03-18T16:52:17.983-03:00Rafael Ferreirahttps://profiles.google.com/111735374328481001879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162639.post-3251047593533719142009-03-18T16:52:00.000-03:002009-03-18T16:52:00.000-03:00Hi Rafael,<BR/><BR/>I posted a counter point - and a pointer to someone who is trying to help solve the problem you're talking about here http://robertlally.com/?p=99.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>Rob Lally.Rob Lallyhttp://robertlally.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162639.post-24989346300452535122009-03-09T20:50:00.000-03:002009-03-09T20:50:00.000-03:00Thanks for your clarification, Alan. I'm sorry Phil's annotations misrepresented your intent, but, on the other hand, had he not put his notes on the web, however unreliable, your remarks would be restricted to the people at that room at that time.Rafael de F. Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03350776762967743057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10162639.post-66973515434384310102009-03-07T23:50:00.000-03:002009-03-07T23:50:00.000-03:00Well, of course I still do understand molecular biology (this is a typical web problem of people not understanding something but still being willing to paraphrase as though the person actually said what they didn't say!).<BR/><BR/>What I did say was that molecular biology has now advanced so much that it is impossible to for a part timer to really survey the field every few years without missing a lot (and this is apparently also true now for people in the field). But everyone understands it nonetheless. In many ways there is quite a lot more coherence of style in MB because the pathways that evolution took were pretty much an embellishment and expansion of one particular style of "how life learned how to live".<BR/><BR/>Computing has many styles -- some more powerful than others -- and many fads so it is much more confused than MB.<BR/><BR/>Best wishes,<BR/><BR/>Alan KayAlan Kaynoreply@blogger.com