Theos-Talk Archives (January 2009 Message tt00528)

Quantum mechanics




--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
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> Sorry Christina, what do you mean by 
> QMachs?
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> --- On Thu, 22/1/09, christinaleestemaker 
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> From: christinaleestemaker <christinaleestemaker@...>
> Subject: Theos-World Re: Fw: [Think-Aboutit] DISCOVER MAGAZINE: DO 
QUATUM MECHANICS CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS? IS IT RESPONSIBLE FOR 
CONSCIOUSNESS, TOO?
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Thursday, 22 January, 2009, 11:11 AM
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> Don't we have that Qmach's in ourselves?
> Why we firstly need to look outside us?
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@ ...> 
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> > --- On Thu, 22/1/09, Lynda Brasier <susoni@> wrote:
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> > From: Lynda Brasier <susoni@>
> > Subject: [Think-Aboutit] DISCOVER MAGAZINE: DO QUATUM MECHANICS 
> CONTROL YOUR THOUGHTS? IS IT RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS, TOO?
> > To: "All my contacts" <Susoni@>
> > Received: Thursday, 22 January, 2009, 8:09 AM
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> > .. or are you controlling Quantum fluctuations? 
> > This is a compelling article on how our thoughts could move 
> particles within the quantum world. Science is catching up. 
Finally! 
> > Susoni 
> > Energy moves in all directions until it has to narrow and make a 
> 'choice' within�  the 3D material world. 
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> > Is Quantum Mechanics Controlling Your Thoughts? 
> > Science's weirdest realm may be responsible for photosynthesis, 
our 
> sense of smell, and even consciousness itself. 
> > by Mark Anderson 
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> > On the face of things, quantum mechanics and the biological 
> sciences do not mix. 
> > Quantum mechanics holds that any given particle has a chance of 
> being in a whole range of locations and, in a sense, occupies all 
> those places at once. Physicists describe quantum reality in an 
> equation they call the wave function, which reflects all the 
> potential ways a system can evolve. Until a scientist measures the 
> system, a particle exists in its multitude of locations. But at the 
> time of measurement, the particle has to ââ?¬Å"chooseââ?¬ï¿½ just a 
single spot. 
> At that point, quantum physicists say, probability narrows to a 
> single outcome and the wave function ââ?¬Å"collapses,ââ?¬ï¿½ sending 
ripples of 
> certainty through space-time. Imposing certainty on one particle 
> could alter the characteristics of any others it has been connected 
> with, even if those particles are now light-years away. (This 
process 
> of influence at a distance is what physicists call entanglement. ) 
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> in a game of dominoes, alteration of one particle affects the next 
> one, and so on. 
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> > The implications of all this are mind-bending. In the macro 
world, 
> a ball never spontaneously shoots itself over a wall. In the 
quantum 
> world, though, an electron in one biomolecule might hop to a second 
> biomolecule, even though classical laws of physics hold that the 
> electrons are too tightly bound to leave. The phenomenon of hopping 
> across seemingly forbidden gaps is called quantum tunneling. 
> > From tunneling to entanglement, the special properties of the 
> quantum realm allow events to unfold at speeds and efficiencies 
that 
> would be unachievable with classical physics alone. Could quantum 
> mechanisms be driving some of the most elegant and inexplicable 
> processes of life? 
> > Unlike electric power lines, which lose as much as 20 percent of 
> energy in transmission, these bacteria transmit energy at a 
> staggering efficiency rate of 95 percent or better. 
> > The secret, Fleming and his colleagues found, is quantum physics. 
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> > To unearth the bacteria�s inner workings, the researchers 
zapped 
> the connective proteins with multiple ultrafast laser pulses. Over 
a 
> span of femto�­seconds, they followed the light energy through the 
> scaffolding to the cellular reaction centers where energy 
conversion 
> takes place. 
> > Then came the revelation: Instead of haphazardly moving from one 
> connective channel to the next, as might be seen in classical 
> physics, energy traveled in several directions at the same time. 
The 
> researchers theorized that only when the energy had reached the end 
> of the series of connections could an efficient pathway 
retroactively 
> be found. At that point, the quantum process collapsed, and the 
> electrons� energy followed that single, most effective path. 
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> > QUANTUM TO THE CORE 
> > Stuart Hameroff, an anesthesiologist and director of the Center 
for 
> Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, argues that the 
> highest function of lifeâ�"consciousnessâ�" is likely a quantum 
> phenomenon too. This is illustrated, he says, through anesthetics. 
> The brain of a patient under anesthesia continues to operate 
> actively, but without a conscious mind at work. What enables 
> anesthetics such as xenon or isoflurane gas to switch off the 
> conscious mind? 
> > Hameroff speculates that anesthetics ââ?¬Å"interrupt a delicate 
quantum 
> process� within the neurons of the brain. Each neuron contains 
> hundreds of long, cylindrical protein structures, called 
> microtubules, that serve as scaffolding. Anesthetics, Hameroff 
says, 
> dissolve inside tiny oily regions of the microtubules, affecting 
how 
> some electrons inside these regions behave. 
> > He speculates that the action unfolds like this: When certain key 
> electrons are in one ââ?¬Å"place,ââ?¬ï¿½ call it to the ââ?¬Å"left,ââ?¬ï¿½ part 
of the 
> microtubule is squashed; when the electrons fall to the ââ?¬Å"right,â
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> section is elongated. But the laws of quantum mechanics allow for 
> electrons to be both ââ?¬Å"leftââ?¬ï¿½ and ââ?¬Å"rightââ?¬ï¿½ at the same time, 
and thus 
> for the micro�­tubules to be both elongated and squashed at once. 
Each 
> section of the constantly shifting system has an impact on other 
> sections, potentially via quantum entanglement, leading to a 
dynamic 
> quantum-mechanical dance. 
> > It is in this faster-than- light subatomic communication, 
Hameroff 
> says, that consciousness is born. Anesthetics get in the way of the 
> dancing electrons and stop the gyration at its quantum-mechanical 
> core; that is how they are able to switch consciousness off. 
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