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Rhodopsin, in our retina, exploits a quantun mechanical effect. You could argue that our brains are quantum computers if you consider our retina including rhodo
by smilliken 7y ago
Rhodopsin, in our retina, exploits a quantun mechanical effect. You could argue that our brains are quantum computers if you consider our retina including rhodopsin to be part of the brain.
- whatshisface 7y agoApples are red because of quantum mechanical effects, but that doesn't make them computers.
- smilliken 7y agoAnything and everything is because of quantum mechanics, sure. But you could've asked a classical physicist to design an apple "computer" (the fruit)— just arrange the right atoms— but you couldn't have asked a classical physicist to design a retina computer exploiting rhodopsin.