摘要
What makes biological systems different from man-made systems?One distinction is explored in this paper:Biological systems achieve reliable functions through randomness,i.e.,by both mitigating and exploiting the effects of randomness.The fundamental reason for biological systems to take such a random approach is the randomness of the microscopic world,which is dramatically different from the macroscopic world we are familiar with.To substantiate the idea,bacterial chemotaxis is used as an example.