Posted on 06/01/2025 12:06:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Staring at a fern in my apartment, a wild thought strikes me: this plant might be pulling off quantum tricks to soak up sunlight.
Quantum physics -- the bizarre world of particles dancing as waves and entangled across space -- isn’t just for labs or sci-fi flicks. It’s the hidden pulse of life on Earth and our guide to finding life among the stars. With rules like superposition (particles existing in multiple states) and entanglement (spooky links defying distance), quantum mechanics shapes everything from chloroplasts to cosmic chemistry. How does this subatomic weirdness drive life here and fuel our search for aliens?
Let’s dive into the quantum threads weaving life on Earth and beyond.
I’m no physicist, but the idea that life relies on quantum mechanics is mind-boggling.
Quantum biology, a field gaining momentum, shows how subatomic effects drive living systems. Take photosynthesis: plants don’t just capture sunlight; they harness quantum coherence. Excitons, or energy packets, explore all possible paths simultaneously to find the most efficient route to reaction centers, as Graham Engel’s 2007 study, which was published in Science, revealed. This occurs because plants suppress decoherence, where quantum states collapse due to environmental noise, keeping energy transfers nearly perfect, a feat governed by the Schrödinger equation’s wave mechanics.
Enzymes, the body’s chemical catalysts, perform another quantum feat: tunneling.
Particles like protons slip through energy barriers without needing to climb over them, as Alán Aspuru-Guzik’s work suggests, accelerating reactions millions of times.
Picture a ball passing through a hill instead of over it — It's nature’s cheat code for metabolism.
Even more astonishing, birds like robins may navigate using quantum effects.
Cryptochrome proteins in their eyes create entangled electron pairs, which are sensitive to Earth’s magnetic field through spin dynamics, serving as a quantum compass for migration. These discoveries demonstrate that...
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The fact is, the very structure of matter, down to the smallest subatomic particle, contains the blueprint for life.
Literally beyond our ability to comprehend.
Yep. So many things we don't understand and will not understand until we're "face to face" with our Maker.
“The fact is, the very structure of matter, down to the smallest subatomic particle, contains the blueprint for life.”
Absolutely. And the organization of it all cannot be truly explained. I am firm believer that if we did not shun it with 12th century firewalls science could actually prove faith.
In fact right now UAP whistleblowers are actually eluding to that concept... And the Pope just jumped into the game... But the connection cannot be made as long as those firewalls are up.
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I had to look that one up:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-migrating-birds-use-quantum-effects-to-navigate/
"For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible....All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist."
Colossians 1:16-17
"...in Him all things consist." He is the foundation of all reality - dig it.
I've read that Paul is referring to a mirror (a looking glass). Back then, mirrors were made of polished metal (unlike the clear mirrors invented centuries later), and so you couldn't see yourself that clearly in it.
You may be right about the literal meaning.
To me, many/most of the verses and stories in the bible are metaphors with deeper non-literal meanings.
That text is one of my favorites. To me, it means that we don't see or understand many things -- but when we are joined again with our God in heaven, understanding and vision will be perfectly clear. Much like that story on quantum physics (which does have some similarity with our consciousness).
In other words, it's "darkly" now, but then it will be perfectly clear and understandable.
We all get to interpret. Right?
He was using the looking glass (which his readers were familiar with) as a metaphor to help his readers understand theology.
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