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Individual atoms and molecules are identical in a vacuum. Are they in context? They at least have quantum degrees of freedom, which is quite a lot. But whether
by dr_dshiv 5y ago
Individual atoms and molecules are identical in a vacuum. Are they in context? They at least have quantum degrees of freedom, which is quite a lot. But whether that has functional value is tbd
- vanderZwan 5y agoA statement like "complex machines all the way down" implies precisely that molecules would be different without context because of some lower-level machinery that forms a more fundamental building block of life. This is what I am skeptical of.