Re: Does the plants quantum computations?

2010-02-19 Thread L.W. Sterritt
Dr. Yates, This is getting away from the current thread, but I notice on your site a discussion of free will. In a recent article - in Nature I seem to recall - using high resolution functional magnet resonance imaging, the time interval from neural activity to "consciousness" has been m

Re: Does the plants quantum computations?

2010-02-19 Thread Dr. John Yates
I note this post of Bruno's with great interest and have not so far found any actual scientific paper, published or otherwise, to the effect that this effect is anything like so-called "quantum computing". I have copies of the two papers he referred to and an abstract of the "Nature" paper. I'm

Re: Does the plants quantum computations?

2010-02-19 Thread John Mikes
Dear Bruno, I think you (not you alone, it includes the esteemed 'conventional scientific establishment' as well) got it backwards: not to start with my own ignorance about "what do we call "LIFE", but from the folk-meaning of it on: whatever we identify as that moumenon, is NOT a *"...quantum pro

RE: Does the plants quantum computations?

2010-02-19 Thread Stephen P. King
Hi Bruno, Tegmark's argument completely ignores the roles that structure can provide, among other things. His paper has been the modern equivalent to the infamous papers back in the 20th century that proved that heavier than air flight was impossible. People like him are a net negative con

Does the plants quantum computations?

2010-02-19 Thread Bruno Marchal
Hi, I have to find time to look at this in more detail, but I am already rather impressed. Please correct me. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=when-it-comes-to-photosynthesis-plants-perform-quantum-computation http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=shining-a-light-o