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The level of detail in the knowledge of the process is astounding. Having never studied anything like this, at every stage I kept thinking: how do we know all of this?



If you liked that - this one on the cell’s energy systems blew me away when I first saw it https://youtu.be/LQmTKxI4Wn4?si=7KEKwFjfLrwyCLvW


This is amazing. Where do all the free protons come from?


Easy, thousands of smart, motivated people, billions of dollars invested and decades of work!


Watching the video I did indeed feel like "this is insane!" all the way through...


People being born and growing up to decide that "this is what I'm gonna do"

Also wealthy individuals or companies funding research purely for public good, often with little to no prospect of returns.


The vast majority of what we know would be due to public funding. Not private donors.


Ya I would agree there




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