Exact Knowledge Is The Enemy Of Vitalism.

Haemoglobin Is A Very Large Molecule By Ordinary Standards, Containing About Ten Thousand Atoms, But The Chances Are That Your Haemoglobin And Mine Are Identical, And Significantly Different From That Of A Pig Or Horse. You May Be Impressed By How Much Human Beings Differ From One Another, But If You Were To Look Into The Fine Details Of The Molecules Of Which They Are Constructed, You Would Be Astonished By Their Similarity.

Moreover The Incorporation Requires The Same Components Needed For Protein Synthesis, And Is Inhibited By The Same Inhibitors. Thus The System Is Most Unlikely To Be A Complete Artefact And Is Very Probably Closely Related To Genuine Protein Synthesis.

Evolution Is Cleverer Than You Are.

Trying To Determine The Structure Of A Protein By Uv Spectroscopy Was Like Trying To Determine The Structure Of A Piano By Listening To The Sound It Made While Being Dropped Down A Flight Of Stairs.

Avoid The Temptation To Work So Hard That There Is No Time Left For Serious Thinking.