Lorraine Ford
How can the quantum world explain biology and life while people continue to say that the quantum world doesn’t make sense, that the quantum world goes against our intuition, and that the quantum world is weird?
How can complex molecules, and whole coordinated entities made out of molecules and cells, be aware of their internal environment and their external surroundings when people seem convinced that more primitive matter (particles, atoms and simpler molecules) could not be aware of itself and its surroundings?
How can complex molecules, and whole coordinated entities made out of molecules and cells, be free to respond LOGICALLY to surrounding situations, i.e. partially free of the strait jacket of law-of-nature relationships, when people seem convinced that more primitive matter (particles, atoms and simpler molecules) could not be partially free of the strait jacket of law-of-nature relationships?
The quantum world CAN’T explain biology and life while people continue to say that the quantum world doesn’t make sense, that the quantum world goes against our intuition, and that the quantum world is weird.
The only way of representing the world in a way that makes sense, in terms of the subsequent arising of life, is to represent the world computationally, and some people are already attempting to do this sort of thing, often in a rudimentary and not very convincing way.
However, the advantage of using the basic-level existing and very successful algorithmic/ logical connective symbols, as used in computer programs, is that these symbols are used to represent knowledge/ awareness of an entity’s surroundings; an analysis of the knowledge gained from the entity's surroundings; and logical actions/ outcomes deliberately taken by the entity in response to this analysis, as opposed to deterministic outcomes that are purely the result of law-of-nature relationships.
