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Living in the Valley of Underdetermination
Aslak Aamot Helm
The advanced tools used to sequence, model, and analyze biological data provide unprecedented insight into the intricacies of life, yet they also reveal the boundaries of mechanistic certainty. As more aspects of the biological world become “datafiable,” vast amounts of information resist neat conclusions. Knowledge spills beyond singular narratives, challenging the models meant to contain it. Within these gaps—where data resists synthesis and certainty appears layered—it becomes necessary to ask what it means to know, and how human understanding fits into a universe that may never fully reveal itself.
e-flux Journal
Posted: December 16, 2024
Category
Colonialism & Imperialism
Subjects
Science, Biology, Mathematics, Climate change, Biomedicine