The Spooky World of Quantum Biology

Michael Garfield
Nov 2 · 5 min read
https://beyond.asu.edu/content/foundations-quantum-mechanics-and-quantum-biology

One hundred and fifty years ago, paleontologist Thomas Henry Huxley (an autodidact and philosopher who coined the term “agnostic” and was known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his passionate defense of natural selection) asserted that humankind would eventually take the processes of evolution into our own hands. Within a few decades of his proclamation, a cadre of equally brilliant scientists including Werner Heisenberg, David Bohm…

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Renaissance reconnaissance mapping the molten intersections of art, science, & philosophy! Host of Future Fossils Podcast; Social Media for Santa Fe Institute.

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