It seems to me, from what little I know of quantum physics, that it is
an explanation based on probabilities in a four dimension system of
happenings in a dimensional system greater than four.
But if superposition states and Schrodinger's cat interest you, I
note that Yogananda tells about his guru being in two places at once.
So if you tire of cats, you might try yoga. Jim
On Sep 15, 4:32 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Towards Quantum Superposition of Living Organisms
>
> Oriol Romero-Isart, Mathieu L. Juan, Romain Quidant, J. Ignacio Cirac
> (Submitted on 8 Sep 2009)
> The most striking feature of quantum mechanics is the existence of
> superposition states, where an object appears to be in different
> situations at the same time. Up to now, the existence of such states
> has been tested with small objects, like atoms, ions, electrons and
> photons, and even with molecules. Recently, it has been even possible
> to create superpositions of collections of photons, atoms, or Cooper
> pairs. Current progress in optomechanical systems may soon allow us to
> create superpositions of even larger objects, like micro-sized mirrors
> or cantilevers, and thus to test quantum mechanical phenomena at
> larger scales. Here we propose a method to cool down and create
> quantum superpositions of the motion of sub-wavelength, arbitrarily
> shaped dielectric objects trapped inside a high--finesse cavity at a
> very low pressure. Our method is ideally suited for the smallest
> living organisms, such as viruses, which survive under low vacuum
> pressures, and optically behave as dielectric objects. This opens up
> the possibility of testing the quantum nature of living organisms by
> creating quantum superposition states in very much the same spirit as
> the original Schr\"odinger's cat "gedanken" paradigm. We anticipate
> our essay to be a starting point to experimentally address fundamental
> questions, such as the role of life in quantum mechanics, and
> differences between many-world and Copenhagen interpretations.
> Comments: 8 pages, 4 figures
> Subjects: Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
> (cond-mat.mes-hall)
> Cite as: arXiv:0909.1469v1 [quant-ph]
>
> Apparently, this is about actually putting a flue virus or possibly a
> water-bear (tiny - less than 1 mm) in the Schrodinger's Cat super-
> position using lasers. Water-bears can actually survive vacuum for a
> few days. The old thought experiments get ever closer to being made
> into real experiments. This one might answer the question of whether
> large objects aren't quantum because of interference from the general
> world or whether there is a size or mass for quantum behaviour as
> Penrose (Danger Mouse's best pal) suggests. I can't wait for the day
> I can approach some old mate blathering on about Schrodinger's Cat and
> accuse him of being a mindless philosopher before setting up my lasers
> and water-bears on the bar!
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