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Johnjoe McFadden PHD - QUANTUM BIOLOGY EXPLAINED

Chasing Consciousness

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Quantum Biology - Is Everything Quantum?

John Joe: I want to start with an idea from physicist Sean Carroll, who has argued that the entire universe is made up of quantum particles. He says we should be able to build up a model of the macro world from quantum mechanics rather than quantizing down from our classical equations. John Joe: Can you explain to us this too hot, too wet argument? And can you explain how you and eventually the physicist Jim Al-Khalili argued that we could put aside those concerns and press on with research anyway? We find or we believe that biology is found a limited region, if you like, of biological space where they still operate.

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