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QuantumGood06/16/20251 replyview on HN

I think too many see it more as "every stem cell has the potential to be any [something]", but it's generally better to let them self differentiate until survivors with more potential exist.


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godelski06/17/2025

Be careful there... There are destructive steady state solutions. For example, all your cells can become cancerous. The stem cells are shaped by their environments, just like people. Don't just approach things with a laissez faire attitude. Flexibility is good, and an overly heavy hand is bad, but that doesn't mean a subtle hand is bad