Re:Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker C...
by spwa4 on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:04PM
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Essentially all of the human body works on a cellular and even sub-cellular level and we can simulate that. If you search Youtube for "molecular dynamics" that's what you'll find.
You don't need organs. They're pretty simple compared to cells anyway.
And while molecular dynamics can't simulate quantum mechanical systems, essentially zero proteins depend on quantum mechanics. In fact, the mitochondria are just about the only part I know of. ATP synthase. 12 cylinders, no injectors, no way for anything to enter exit the cylinders other than quantum tunneling, no moving parts near the cylinders, bent axle. Oh and because quantum tunneling isn't complicated, right, the motor's operation depends on entropy (meaning if you look at the motor the first time you quite justifiably ask the question: "WHY would anything here ever move? It literally can't move!". Which is why the fluorescent/radioactive flag experiment was so important. But it's not through, electrons quantum tunnel into and back out of the cylinders and the axle has quantum tunneling bearings. VERY efficient. And by very I mean: "this is not just beyond human capability to design. It was the very edge of our capability to even see it move at all, still is. And it's beyond human capability to understand how it works, and it will be 1000 years before we can design stuff like this. At the earliest")
You don't need organs. They're pretty simple compared to cells anyway.
And while molecular dynamics can't simulate quantum mechanical systems, essentially zero proteins depend on quantum mechanics. In fact, the mitochondria are just about the only part I know of. ATP synthase. 12 cylinders, no injectors, no way for anything to enter exit the cylinders other than quantum tunneling, no moving parts near the cylinders, bent axle. Oh and because quantum tunneling isn't complicated, right, the motor's operation depends on entropy (meaning if you look at the motor the first time you quite justifiably ask the question: "WHY would anything here ever move? It literally can't move!". Which is why the fluorescent/radioactive flag experiment was so important. But it's not through, electrons quantum tunnel into and back out of the cylinders and the axle has quantum tunneling bearings. VERY efficient. And by very I mean: "this is not just beyond human capability to design. It was the very edge of our capability to even see it move at all, still is. And it's beyond human capability to understand how it works, and it will be 1000 years before we can design stuff like this. At the earliest")