生物学应该把复杂性放在第一位吗？

Cell systems Pub Date : 2025-02-19 Epub Date: 2025-02-10 DOI:10.1016/j.cels.2025.101197

Philip Ball

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“一切都应尽可能地简单，但不能更简单”这句格言给生物学带来了一个问题。如何在不损害其复杂本质的情况下简单地讲述它？要找到答案，就得放弃那些从基因和分子开始的整洁但具有误导性的故事，认识到即使是复杂的系统也有通用的原理。

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Should biology put complexity first?

The dictum "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler" poses a problem for biology. How simply can it be told without doing damage to its complex nature? The answer might be found by relinquishing tidy but misleading stories that begin with genes and molecules and recognizing that even complex systems have generic principles.

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