Precise knowledge of what happens to the food entering the organism must be the subject of ideal physiology, the physiology of the future.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Ideal physiology should focus on knowing exactly what happens to food in the body.
- In plain terms
- Perfect science should track food as it moves through the body.
- What can you take from it?
- Future physiology must focus on food processing details.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops us from knowing this now?
- Is perfect knowledge achievable?
Another view
The quote defines an ideal without addressing current limitations.
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