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Re:Detailed simulation of complete minimal cellular life by pfdietz on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:10PM (#30474956)
This thing still has billions of atoms in it, so that's not even close to possible.

It's also telling how far this is from something that could plausibly originate from a pre-biotic soup. There's enormous complexity here. Origin of life is very far from a solved problem.

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Re:Detailed simulation of complete minimal cellular life by codedokode on Saturday February 26, 2022 @06:49AM (#30476833)
Why is it impossible?

I tried to calculate how many molecules of water can fit into a sphere with radius of 500nm and I got 17 billions. Doesn't look like a big number for modern hardware.

And if modeling billions of atoms is impossible, cannot we model separate reactions? Put several virtual proteins and RNAs near each other and see how they interact?

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Re:Detailed simulation of complete minimal cellular life by dekhn on Saturday February 26, 2022 @12:07PM (#30479435)
To verify you work, btw, water is 55moles/liter (1 liter = cubic decimeter).

Modelling billions of atoms is possible, but not scientifically fruitful.

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Re:Detailed simulation of complete minimal cellular life by pfdietz on Saturday February 26, 2022 @07:28AM (#30477022)
I don't think we can accurately simulate even a single enzyme.
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