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There's evidence that biology takes advantage of quantum effects on all levels - all the way from individual chemical bonds and interactions of molecules (quant
by throwaway11460 2y ago
There's evidence that biology takes advantage of quantum effects on all levels - all the way from individual chemical bonds and interactions of molecules (quantum biochemistry) up to cellular and multi-cellular. Mostly because there's no way it could work on such small scales and be so energy efficient if it didn't.
So one thing is certain - the brain does use quantum mechanics just like the rest of the body, because otherwise it wouldn't be possible to have so much done inside such a small volume, with such small amounts of energy.
Of course this question is actually meant to be "is brain a quantum computer?" and we don't have any idea.
- 613style 2y ago> otherwise it wouldn't be possible to have so much done inside such a small volume, with such small amounts of energy That's interesting. Could you share your source?
- throwaway11460 2y agoMeh, down voters have no idea what they're talking/reading about and yet they down vote. Not everything about quantum mechanics is voodoo. Sorry, not in the mood to talk about this here any more. The Wikipedia page is a good start, it has some relevant references to research articles in the Enzyme catalysis and Energy transfer sections: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_biology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_biology Quantum effects are also used inside cells to convert chemical energy to motion. It wouldn't be possible otherwise at that nanoscale.