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"Everything Is Cooked": A PhD's Take on Studying Biology

29 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Marvin Minsky told a student not to study biology because knowledge becomes obsolete too fast. Now ChatGPT can answer biological questions instantly, making deep study feel pointless. The takeaway: everything is already cooked.

When I was an undergrad at MIT, one of my research advisors, Marvin Minsky, used to say, don't waste any time studying biology because the useful half-life of knowledge in biology is just too short. You should study math instead. Don't waste time on biology. It just doesn't have a shelf life. Have you used, or are you using, or are you intending to use any biological knowledge that you gained at MIT or otherwise?
So they make us all take the class for biology. So I, I'm sure Dave is— 7.01. 7.01. Exactly. So I, I, I took 7.01. I know what the eukaryotes, prokaryotes, the whole proteins, probably not. Like, it's definitely more of a now, especially like the biology knowledge is you can ask ChatGPT and it gives you the answer. Um, so I think, yep, I have not studied as, uh, as much as anyone else has. Studying is cooked.
Everything is cooked.
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