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everything is quantum. it's just convenient to deal with the emergent behavior instead (like "chemistry"). yes, photosynthesis is quantum. so is vision, smel
by markhahn 1y ago
everything is quantum. it's just convenient to deal with the emergent behavior instead (like "chemistry").
yes, photosynthesis is quantum. so is vision, smell, etc. heck, metabolism is quantum!
but these are fast and local, because most of the world is decoherence-friendly. the quantum effects of a photon in your rod cell is not going to cause any quantum weirdness in a smell receptor in your nose.
- Bjartr 1y agoWell yes, what I meant was that there are phenomena within these procesess that work because they leverage quantum effects that are not available in the newtonian regime of physics.