3. Alternatively, if one is uncomfortable with treating molecules as conceptual structure, he/she may consider a molecule as consisting of a set of exactly prescribed atoms. But in this case when any atom is dropped off from the molecule, this molecule must be considered dead and cease to exist. The molecule is reborn when the lost atom is refilled. Likewise, a dog may be defined as being composed of a set of exactly prescribed cells. But then according to this definition it must be considered dead when any of its cells are dropped off. The dog is reborn when the cell is refreshed.
Obviously, the second choice of the above three is the most close to the way we comprehend the world. This choice opens large uncertainty in chemistry, larger uncertainty in biology and even larger uncertainty in social activities, e.g. economics, which is in general agreement with what is observed. But the more important by-product is its commonality with the uncertainty in quantum mechanics. We see here uncertainty is common to all sciences. The uncertainty in quantum mechanics is just one special case of the general uncertainties in all sciences.
Next we’ll turn to the undeniable objectivity of human bodies, molecules, etc.
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