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		z3t4 on Aug 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine To summarize: we know how to smash two particles together, but not much about what they are made of. Replace particles with stones and bones. 10000 years of science progress and we are still smashing things. With the occasional lab accident like discovering that mold kills bacteria.

whimsicalism on Aug 17, 2021 [–]

Maybe at a certain point "what they are made of" ceases to be a meaningful question.

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