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Re:Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike by ravila4 on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:33PM (#49868239)
Exactly, and the classical lock and key analogy ignores electromagnetic and hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions, which we can fully model in classical molecular dynamics systems
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Re:Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike by dnautics on Sunday September 27, 2026 @01:44PM (#49868955)
That's not correct. Lock and key absolutely does take into account em and hydrophobic interactions. Also, molecular dynamics is nearly useless at modeling these things (which is why heuristic models such as alphafold, Rosetta, dominate)
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