[PowerElectronix]

In the book Grace says that it's a mess of proteins and molecules that he gives up on trying to understand

[awakeasleep]

People refer to stuff like proteins as “biologics” and to things we synthesize traditionally as “small molecules” so it does make sense

[weregiraffe]

>mess of proteins and molecules

Because proteins famously aren't molecules.

[wyldfire]

This is a legitimate, understandable way to discuss a mixture of abstract and specific things. This is a novel we are referring to, here. The intended audience is very, very broad.

[akiselev]

> Because proteins famously aren't molecules.

Tertiary and quaternary protein structures are much more complex than molecules and have emergent properties.

[khalic]

be nice