09.09.08
Quantum theory and biology
BEYOND QUANTUM THEORY: A REALIST PSYCHO-BIOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF PHYSICAL REALITY
ABSTRACT
Stapp and others have proposed that reality involves a
fundamental life process, or creative process. It is shown how this
process description may be unified with the description that derives
from quantum physics. The methods of the quantum physicist and of
the biological sciences are seen to be two alternative approaches to
the understanding of nature, involving two distinct modes of
description which can usefully supplement each other, and neither on
its own contains the full story. The unified view explains the
major features of quantum mechanics and suggests that biological
systems may function more effectively than would be expected on the
basis of quantum mechanics alone.
quantum mechanics said,
October 5, 2008 at 4:36 pm
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