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From quantum measurement to biology via retrocausality
1Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka 940-2188, Japan.
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology
|June 26, 2017
Summary
Biological organization and evolution emerge from environmental quantum measurements. Retrocausal regulation, where wave functions propagate backward in time, explains molecular dynamics and natural selection.
Area of Science:
- Quantum Biology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Biophysics
Background:
- Biological systems exhibit complex organization and dynamics.
- The evolutionary emergence of metabolic cycles requires an environmental interaction.
- Quantum phenomena are increasingly recognized as relevant to biological processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To elucidate the role of environmental quantum measurement in biological organization.
- To explain the evolutionary emergence of reaction and metabolic cycles.
- To propose a quantum-based mechanism for Darwinian natural selection.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual framework integrating quantum measurement theory with biological systems.
- Analysis of retrocausal wave function propagation in molecular dynamics.
- Theoretical modeling of environmental interactions as a measurement apparatus.
Main Results:
- Environmental reaction environments act as natural measurement apparatuses.
- Retrocausal propagation of wave functions nullifies quantum measurement differences.
- This retrocausal regulation provides the organizational agency for biology and evolution.
Conclusions:
- Molecular dynamics in biology are maintained by retrocausal quantum operations.
- Quantum measurement is pivotal for implementing retrocausal regulation.
- Darwinian natural selection originates from retrocausal regulation of quantum phenomena.
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