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But isn't the reason that the classical approximations work so well that quantum effects are drowned out by the thermal noise floor at room temperature? And re
by _rpd 11y ago
But isn't the reason that the classical approximations work so well that quantum effects are drowned out by the thermal noise floor at room temperature? And reliable processes like DNA replication have to depend on 'classical' chemical bond energies that are at least a couple of orders of magnitude above the noise floor, right?
- dekhn 11y agoNo. I think part of the reason people are having so much trouble on this thread is they are confusing the field of quantum physics with quantum chemistry. The processes of DNA replication actually involve hydrogen bonds, and comparing the relative energies of different forms of hydrogen bond groups, at or near the thermal limit (1-2 kcal/mol).