> There will never be a Grothendieck of biology because the mechanisms of life aren't so neat and ordered that they can reduced to first principles. Let us sim

> There will never be a Grothendieck of biology because the mechanisms of life aren't so neat and ordered that they can reduced to first principles. Let us simulate the universe and let that simulation be the ruleset for the first principles. Not saying it's going to be neat and ordered, but on the other hand, the idea of it surely is. Whether or not it is ever feasible (or even theoretically possible) to do so doesn't take away from the merits of the idea, I think.