04 Feb 10
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/marine-algae-harness-power-quantum-mechanics?page=
Marine Algae Found to Harness Power of Quantum Mechanics
If algae can do it, why can't we?
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 02.03.2010 at 4:58 pm
Scientists still struggle to understand and harness the spooky physics of quantum mechanics, but nature may have a head start on us humans. Tiny marine algae apparently use the mysterious phenomenon called superposition -- where a particle can be in two places at the same time -- to move around solar energy they harvest through the process of photosynthesis.
This astounding find suggests that biological creatures may have adapted quantum mechanics for survival billions of years ago. ....
04 Feb 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotA friend of mine does the same thing. When my boss says he is at the storehouse, I've actually seen him at the local pub.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/marine-algae-harness-power-quantum-mechanics?page=
Marine Algae Found to Harness Power of Quantum Mechanics
If algae can do it, why can't we?
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 02.03.2010 at 4:58 pm
Scientists still struggle to understand and harness the spooky physics of quantum mechanics, but nature may have a ...[text shortened]... ological creatures may have adapted quantum mechanics for survival billions of years ago. ....
So he infact exploits the cuantum-mechanic superposition, by being at two places at the same time.
04 Feb 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotQuantum mechanics is simple the science of the very small, and in most cases is taken to mean those phenomena which depart from Newtonian mechanics.
If algae can do it, why can't we?
The truth is that the whole universe runs on quantum mechanics including algae and human beings.
I am sure that much of the human bodies systems would not work properly if physics was strictly Newtonian.
05 Feb 10
Originally posted by FabianFnasDoes the part that gets drunk communicate drunkedness to the other superpositioned individual?🙂
A friend of mine does the same thing. When my boss says he is at the storehouse, I've actually seen him at the local pub.
So he infact exploits the cuantum-mechanic superposition, by being at two places at the same time.
05 Feb 10
Originally posted by sonhouseIf he infact is at two places simultanously, then the part being where his boss thinks he is cloaked, because I've never seen him there.
Does the part that gets drunk communicate drunkedness to the other superpositioned individual?🙂
When I ask him about it, he doesn't remember, he says, but I know he exploits a quantum-mechanical alternate reality. In one he works, in the other he's drunk.
05 Feb 10
Originally posted by zeeblebotWhy can't we... what exactly?
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/marine-algae-harness-power-quantum-mechanics?page=
Marine Algae Found to Harness Power of Quantum Mechanics
If algae can do it, why can't we?
By Jeremy Hsu Posted 02.03.2010 at 4:58 pm
Scientists still struggle to understand and harness the spooky physics of quantum mechanics, but nature may have a ...[text shortened]... ological creatures may have adapted quantum mechanics for survival billions of years ago. ....