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http://www.priceplow.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pat...

I didn't realize that you could respond with image macros on HN.

Ok, so it's a complicated image. The first thing I thought is it looks like the schema of a simple arithmetic operation in a processor. Meaning that it looks complicated, but it doesn't tell us anything. I see dots and lines and pretty colors, but I don't see an argument.

> it looks complicated, but it doesn't tell us anything

That's because the vast majority of the detail has been omitted in order to make it look pretty. Here is a slightly more detailed version: http://primalmeded.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/metabolism.jp...

And another: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MJisxWVfZPA/UEF_-1krN-I/AAAAAAAAr9...

For more info, read Principles of Biochemistry: http://www.amazon.com/Lehninger-Principles-Biochemistry-Davi... (and if you aren't familiar with organic chemistry: http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Chemistry-1st-Edition-ebook/dp...)

This doesn't seem like a good argument. You could provide a diagram of a modern car that would be just as complex as a section of this image, but I don't think anyone would argue that it's inherently impossible to understand the necessary inputs to that.

You are asking a totally different question. It's not about understanding the inputs, it's the claim that the inputs can be super simple and can ensure your body still work as normal.

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