303 | AMA | February 2025

12007.457 - 12027.804 Sean Carroll

So to the actual question, can you earmark the molecule, Not really, is the answer. It depends on what you mean. I mean, you can always take that molecule and attach it to another molecule. But if you're talking about an oxygen atom or a water molecule, they're sufficiently small that if you attach them to large other molecules, you're going to completely change their dynamics, right?