A very-non-expert opinion, if an approach approximates it pretty well and can be improved upon, then it could end up being quite useful. Given that biology exis

A very-non-expert opinion, if an approach approximates it pretty well and can be improved upon, then it could end up being quite useful. Given that biology exists on a real, tangible scale then perfection in the fold prediction isn't necessary, instead just an approximation that is sufficiently good to be functionally useful. ^ That sounds like word-salad BS but I think there's some truth to it. I know protein folding has been postulated to be useful in terms of understanding basic biology, understanding disease pathology, and drug prediction. While a wide range of approximations are functionally useless, perhaps the Alphafold approach or some improved version of it surpasses the functionally useful threshold. At least I hope so