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by bonsai_spool 10 days ago
I responded to a sibling: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440267

> Yes, because the expensive part is making the thing.

I'm not sure what 'making the thing' refers to here. We are very far from creating designer macromolecular complexes outside of very contrived settings—and there's not a clear reason to focus on getting better than we already are.