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[–] Allero@lemmy.today 5 points 8 hours ago

As a (micro)biologist, I totally support that notion. Biology is, indeed, chemistry, which is in turn physics, which is in turn mathematics.

The problem is, good freaking luck simulating biological processes on a physical level. We do biology and not physics, because it's a reasonable shortcut we have to make to work on what's important without waiting another millenia for a decent enough physical simulation.