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@Geremy

Blockquote Why should I, a biologist and biochemist, regard Miller as knowledgable?

It depends on the subject now doesn’t it? Miller is a physicist, and I don’t know anyone who wants to understand the plausibility of a hypothetical chemical system who thinks that the calculations done by physicists are irrelevant to that endeavor.

Hi @Geremy,

I would agree with you that different perspectives may at times be of interest. However, in this discussion, Miller argued against the well-established fact that hydrophobic interactions in the cell are entropy-driven. In light of this, I would view Miller’s pronouncements with at least as much skepticism as does @Mercer (and, I suspect, others here).