Why don't we know everything there is to know about the human body?

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The human body seems to be of finite complexity and always available for observation, surely there has to be a way for growing lost limps, triggering sensations and changing anything we want changed in an human.Why do we still struggle to modify humans in any way we want yet, AI/LLMs are making strides?

gregjor · Accepted Answer

Lots of unknown unknowns. How would we know when we know everything there is to know?Saying something "seems to be of finite complexity," without evidence or attempt at proof, sounds profound but means nothing. Do you mean to imply that some things "seem to be" of infinite complexity? If not, what does "finite complexity" mean? Do you think human brains can understand anything completely as long as "it seems to be of finite complexity?"

8474_s · Answer

Ethics, regulations, patient privacy. Generally what is done is clinical trials and research on model animals, that of course is much cheaper to experiment as first stage before human trials.

ompogUe · Answer

Because Everything is a fractal. See also: E-Prime and Empiricism

shrimp_emoji · Answer

> AI/LLMs are making strides?LolIt's just GPU power making strides (about the only thing that hasn't plateaud yet).

illuminant · Answer

So many things wrong with your question it is hard to know where to start without trolling your aragance.
That you think "yet ... are making strides?" What, since yesterday? And how well do you really think those things are doing? HN complains every day over their lack of maturity and how these may dead end long before AGI.
There you say "seems to be". Seems? Throwing words like "finite" around as though that's helpful. And who is "we" anyhow? We reject thousands of years of eastern (and some western) development outright as our PRIMITIVE modern science hasn't adequately reduced for purposeful observation or explanation.
In short, life technologies are far beyond modern comprehension due to their exponential complexity. We're so satisfied with what we call technology, yet we've really only been making any sort of progress for less than a hundred years.
I say exponential complexity as systems change their behavior based on the interference of external factors. Add a new element (chemical, stress, an exogenous, etc.) and the system complexity grows in ways previously inconceivable.
We don't fully understand light, how can we fully understand the most ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY KNOWN IN EXISTENCE, the human being.
What we know is miniscule and just beginning.