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literally millions of kinetic, potential kinetic states, depending on the proportion of the acid and the ester that you would have in the hydrogel. So if the hydrogel is primarily ester, it'll be more solid in its behavior and its structure. If there is more of the acid in there, it'll be softer. So you can play around with its properties. And guess what?

literally millions of kinetic, potential kinetic states, depending on the proportion of the acid and the ester that you would have in the hydrogel. So if the hydrogel is primarily ester, it'll be more solid in its behavior and its structure. If there is more of the acid in there, it'll be softer. So you can play around with its properties. And guess what?

Life uses that flexibility of kinetic states all the time. In fact, every time you do any motion, you lift your hand, you scratch your nose, whatever, You're actually moving from one dynamic kinetic state. Your cells are moving from one dynamic kinetic state to another, which is more appropriate for the new conditions, which have been induced by, of course, your brain.

Life uses that flexibility of kinetic states all the time. In fact, every time you do any motion, you lift your hand, you scratch your nose, whatever, You're actually moving from one dynamic kinetic state. Your cells are moving from one dynamic kinetic state to another, which is more appropriate for the new conditions, which have been induced by, of course, your brain.

And that's already a complicated system. But just to give the simple example that was discovered some years ago that shows how useful this is, is the cytoskeleton. Now, you have a skeleton, and it's fairly rigid in structure, happily. Cells have a skeleton as well, but the skeleton in the cell, the cytoskeleton, needs to have dynamic function in order to suit the cell's requirements.

And that's already a complicated system. But just to give the simple example that was discovered some years ago that shows how useful this is, is the cytoskeleton. Now, you have a skeleton, and it's fairly rigid in structure, happily. Cells have a skeleton as well, but the skeleton in the cell, the cytoskeleton, needs to have dynamic function in order to suit the cell's requirements.

So sometimes the cell wants a rigid structure, and sometimes it wants a softer one to facilitate transport of material, motion of the cell, and it can play around with that with that structure because it's a DKS system made up. The dynamic system is made up of tubulin dimers and microtubules, the equivalent, the analog of the ester and acid that I spoke about in the simple chemical reaction.

So sometimes the cell wants a rigid structure, and sometimes it wants a softer one to facilitate transport of material, motion of the cell, and it can play around with that with that structure because it's a DKS system made up. The dynamic system is made up of tubulin dimers and microtubules, the equivalent, the analog of the ester and acid that I spoke about in the simple chemical reaction.

So the cell, if it wants a more solid structure, microtubules largely. If it wants a softer structure, it It degrades the microtubules to tubulin, but this is all continually done in a way that dissipates energy. In other words, this is very important. Just like the fountain is dissipating energy all the time, You put energy in, but of course the energy doesn't disappear.

So the cell, if it wants a more solid structure, microtubules largely. If it wants a softer structure, it It degrades the microtubules to tubulin, but this is all continually done in a way that dissipates energy. In other words, this is very important. Just like the fountain is dissipating energy all the time, You put energy in, but of course the energy doesn't disappear.

It dissipates, ends up as heat energy. The body does exactly the same thing, and that's why our body is releasing heat all the time, because the energy that is dissipated ends up in the lowest form of energy, heat energy.

It dissipates, ends up as heat energy. The body does exactly the same thing, and that's why our body is releasing heat all the time, because the energy that is dissipated ends up in the lowest form of energy, heat energy.

Well, that's a good point. And let me be very clear here that human technology is always way behind natural technology. Nature is so very smart. And I mean, some Nobel Prizes were given out now for artificial intelligence and neural networks. Nature discovered neural networks very, Well, not billions of years ago. Let's say millions of years ago. So that's how it is.

Well, that's a good point. And let me be very clear here that human technology is always way behind natural technology. Nature is so very smart. And I mean, some Nobel Prizes were given out now for artificial intelligence and neural networks. Nature discovered neural networks very, Well, not billions of years ago. Let's say millions of years ago. So that's how it is.

You know, nature is smarter than we are.

You know, nature is smarter than we are.

Well, Here's the problem. When people have tried to make life, they haven't thought too much about the dynamic state that life is. And they've tried to take chemical stuff, proteins, nucleic acids, to move in that direction. play around with it in the test tube and hopefully move it towards life.

Well, Here's the problem. When people have tried to make life, they haven't thought too much about the dynamic state that life is. And they've tried to take chemical stuff, proteins, nucleic acids, to move in that direction. play around with it in the test tube and hopefully move it towards life.

But that doesn't work just in the same way that if you're wandering around on the earth, you can wander around on a horse or walk or in a car. That's not going to get you airborne. That's a new dimension. That's another dimension. And you've got to do something different to access that dimension. And once we found flight, there, transport changed.

But that doesn't work just in the same way that if you're wandering around on the earth, you can wander around on a horse or walk or in a car. That's not going to get you airborne. That's a new dimension. That's another dimension. And you've got to do something different to access that dimension. And once we found flight, there, transport changed.