I want to verify that a negative energy is "better" than a positive energy, and a more negative energy is "better" still.   This is what I assume now, but I had an 

angst that the energy value is somehow based on absolute value, so the "best" minimized energy is zero.

Humor my question, because I have to be 100% certain.  No need to go into caveats about the ability of Chimera minimization to make models worse, and how 

difficult the energy parameter is to interpret.

Tom. 

Thomas W. Sturgill, M.D.-Ph.D.

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