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Quantum Weirdness
In a recent scientific article, a study suggested evolution isn’t random. An article I found yesterday suggests a phenomenon known as quantum tunneling may explain evolution. I find that interesting. Not too long ago, okay tens of years ago, Hameroff suggested a feature in the brain known as microtubules is a structure where quantum mechanics meets the brain, and quantum tunneling explains consciousness. Mind you, all the folks suggesting a link between consciousness and the quantum world were denigrated to the likes of pseudo scientists: David Bohm, Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Hiroomi Umezawa, Giuseppe Vitiello, Betony Adams, Francesco Petruccione, Walter Freeman, Karl Pribram, Henry Stapp, and David Pearce. Not names that should be disparaged! Evolution isn’t random, so let’s throw quantum mechanics at it?
If evolution isn’t random, and in this case, I am sure scientist saying ‘not random’ doesn’t mean what you think it means, John, but at minimum there is purpose or direction. Maybe it’s not guided or directed to the degree I might like to imagine.
We do know both biological life and sociological life evolves. It sometimes evolves in weird ways- like humans having similar theories or patents coming to fruition in multiple places in the world, simultaneously, without apparent sharing of information. Synchronicity or…
