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I've always assumed quantum entanglement is being leveraged in the brain. Why? Because, seeing the speeds needed for the type of computing the brain does, che
by ijidak 2y ago
I've always assumed quantum entanglement is being leveraged in the brain.
Why?
Because, seeing the speeds needed for the type of computing the brain does, chemistry -- e.g. the classical changes in atoms due to classical interactions-- just doesn't seem fast enough to propagate across the volume of the brain.
Maybe the fields move fast enough... (By fields I mean electro-magnetic, etc.)
But, since entanglement is a thing, it would seem far fetched that the brain doesn't leverage it.
- didgeoridoo 2y agoSince entanglement can’t break classical speed limits on information transfer, you’ll have to keep looking for another explanation if electrochemistry doesn’t float your boat.
- ijidak 2y agoThe gap between the speed at which atoms move at room temperature and the speed of light is massive. Also, I didn't mean to imply that faster than light travel is necessary, just faster than the speeds with which electrochemical signals can flow in the wet medium of the brain. That's why I said maybe the fields move fast enough. As in, the quantum fields.
- croemer 2y agoI'm not sure your intuition here is right. It's an electric signal that travels in axons. Like in computer chips in a way. But slower because ions in water travel mich slower than electrons in metals.
- ijidak 2y agoYes, but as you said much slower. And yet massively parallel, which means an incredible amount of synchronization of information feeding into different parts of the brain.
- nkrisc 2y ago> Because, seeing the speeds needed for the type of computing the brain does Which computations specifically are happening specifically in the brain?
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