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Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by Dr_tldr on Saturday June 11, 2016 @01:24PM (#11884310)
Do you debug your code with a microscope and soldering iron?

Layers of abstraction are useful, especially when we don't fully understand how the hardware works.

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Re:What If PTSD Is More Physical Than Psychological? Evidenc... by PeterWhittaker on Saturday June 11, 2016 @02:18PM (#11884586)
Yes, this. Exactly what I wanted to add.

One day, perhaps, we will understand how all the layers interact well enough. But until then, we need the descriptive and diagnostic and prescriptive techniques provided by those abstractions.

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