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An Elegant Defense

An Elegant Defense

2019

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Average rating3.6

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3.5/5.
Combines a story of a few people struggling with different diseases and how these relate to the immune system with an overview of how the immune system(s) work. Book was good. Immune system was amazing. Just wow. The idea that this is a product of random mutation stretches the credibility of Darwinism to breaking point from my perspective. My favourite insight was discovering that the immune system has a sense of identity; self and other. Just like we do at a psychological level.

May 17, 2022