⚛️Physics envy is the desire for biology to have universal laws similar to physics.
🔬Biology is too complex and interconnected for universal laws to exist.
📊Differential equations, the language of physics, cannot accurately model biological systems.
🌍Biological organisms are not isolated systems and are constantly influenced by their environments.
🧪Theoretical biologists construct models to understand life's complexity, but these models are imperfect and ever-changing.
Why is biology often compared to physics?
—Biology is often compared to physics because scientists in other fields sometimes wish that biology had universal laws like physics does.
Are there any universal laws in biology?
—No, biology is too complex and interconnected for universal laws to exist.
Can differential equations accurately model biological systems?
—No, the language of physics, differential equations, cannot accurately model biological systems.
Why can't biology be modeled like physics?
—Biology involves complex interactions and dependencies that cannot be simplified into universal mathematical equations like in physics.
What do theoretical biologists do?
—Theoretical biologists construct models to help us better understand the complexity of life, although these models are imperfect and ever-changing.
00:00Physics envy is the desire for biology to have universal laws like physics, but biology is too complex for this.
04:58Biological organisms are not isolated systems and are constantly influenced by their environments.
09:55Scientists construct models of biology to better understand life's complexity, but these models are imperfect and ever-changing.
