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by ignoramous 1178 days ago
Reminds me of this pretty common but all the more spectacular: a close-up of super complex production line (gene transcription) driven by DNA strands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hk9jct2ozY / https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/7Hk9jct2ozY
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Thanks for posting that. It truly is mind blowing. It makes my head hurt just thinking about how life exists and it all starting with this insanity. In computing, there's this idea of a machine that could make itself, an idea Von Neumann toyed with. And yet, here is life, which figured it out billions (if not more) years ago. Makes you wonder just what in the hell is going on in this universe.

That video is seriously cool. Thanks again.

What you posted is so cool! And look at ATP synthase! wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXpzp4RDGJI
These vids always make me want to eat healthier and exercise. Don’t want to let my little subcelular machines down after all this work:(
Youtube recommended a talk by the animator, which is fascinating:

https://youtu.be/qbyzEiBvbXw