Quantum physics and the theory of evolution

Adib Jihad
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I was wondering if we could gather all the laws of the universe and try to link anything to everything. I'm thinking of the possibility of finding links between quantum physics and the theory of evolution. It reminds me of the experiment on electrons that is linked to consciousness. Complete randomness behind innovation in nature is a bit hard to grasp. Let's take for example the appearance of an opposable thumb on primates that is the signature of humankind. Innate slight and slow mutations that acted on tiny portions of muscle fibers or phalyngeal joints made it possible. I'm pretty sure that physics - which is undoubtedly the queen of all possible and thinkable laws - shaped not only the universe but also living beings. Nothing is really special about life on earth. It's just the continuity of the first flame containing physical laws that started it all and things went on automatically..
 
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Hello Adib, :welcome: !

Everyone is entitled to cherish his or her dreams. PF isn't for sharing them with others until they have been scientifically established.

Beware the old chinese saying "Man with head in clouds can not have feet on ground, unless very tall man".

Thing to do is learn a bit more about either physics or evolution before trying to blend them into a smoothie.

As it happens, PF offers plenty material, also about evolution !
 
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Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
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