[tantalor]

> Real plants do photosynthesis through a physical process

(nit) it is more accurate to call this a biological process, or chemical process

Saying "physical process" makes me think of inclined planes, free-body diagrams, and EM fields.

[roughly]

It's all physics at the bottom. Nature doesn't have APIs.

[vitally3643]

Yes, except parent is correct. Physcial and chemical mean very different and specific things in this context.

Calling photosynthesis a physical reaction is flatly incorrect no matter how you want to look at it. It is a physics reaction, sure, but "physical reaction" specifically means a Newtonian mechanical, reversible process at the macro scale.

A "chemical reaction" specifically means a (trivially) irreversible quantum/atomic reaction involving chemical bonds at the atomic/molecular scale.

[wizzwizz4]

> but "physical reaction" specifically means a Newtonian mechanical, reversible process at the macro scale.

Or friction.

[roughly]

Ok yeah, that’s fair. I missed the distinction.