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Biology might not be quantum, but its math is quantumlike

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  1. mrbluecoat · · focus · HN ↗
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    1. dang · · focus · HN ↗
      "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

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      1. mrbluecoat · · focus · HN ↗
        That&#x27;s fair. Quantum is an extremely fragile state - any perturbance will collapse the field state into an observed classical physics value. This is why complex machinery and near absolute zero temperatures are required to maintain it. I guess &#x27;quantumlike&#x27; just felt like an affront to the science of it all.
        1. dang · · focus · HN ↗
          Thanks! that is a far better comment and a nice example of the rebound effect :)

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