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Submitted by procreative-admin on Fri, 04/06/2010 - 5:57pm
A follow up article to previous "Planting possibilities" on the relationship between possibility, doubt, uncertainty and now frustration.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Fri, 04/06/2010 - 4:26pm
Quantum mechanics is now revealing the reality of the tangibility of possibilities ... they're becoming visibly "real".
For nearly a century we've had the foundation principle of quantum mechanics - Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. In broad terms it's a principle that defines the limits to what we can know about quantum "stuff". The "limited knowledge" interpretation is a testimony to a culture that is deeply rooted in a fixed, mechanical world-view of life. The particle is assumed to be "just there" ... a physical thing with definite, and definable qualities.
But recent experiments which show that plants naturally use quantum superpositioning and quantum entanglement reveal how the old mechanical world-view is outdated.
The stuff of which we are made is buzzing with superpositions of possibilities ... and that includes the stuff with which we think.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Tue, 25/05/2010 - 4:35pm
Big Think interview with David Albert, Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University. (Full transcript of interview available at bigthink.com).
Within the context of this website (focused on productive-creativity) Albert outlines the fundamental issue with quantum mechanics ... that even though it is by far the most successful physical theory in history, it remains alien and 'counter-intuitive' to our everyday experiences. Therein lies the gem within this article ... that creativity cannot be reduced to easy explanations of brain neurophysiology (as our brains are composed of said quantum stuff that defies easy definition and understanding).
Submitted by procreative-admin on Mon, 10/05/2010 - 12:12am
NewScientist: Succinct, interesting overview of the quantum mechanical world, citing latest research.
"From undead cats to particles popping up out of nowhere, from watched pots not boiling – sometimes – to ghostly influences at a distance, quantum physics delights in demolishing our intuitions about how the world works.
Submitted by procreative-admin on Mon, 03/05/2010 - 1:49am
From Science Daily, scientists have found that biological system utilise quantum potentials to derive beneficial plant growth.
This and other recent discoveries have captured the attention of researchers for several reasons," says Scholes. "First, it means that quantum mechanical probability laws can prevail over the classical laws of kinetics in this complex biological system, even at normal temperatures. The energy can thereby flow efficiently by -- counter intuitively -- traversing several alternative paths through the antenna proteins simultaneously.
