The case for biological quantum computer elements

Wolfgang Baer; Rita Pizzi

doi:10.1117/12.818218

27 April 2009 The case for biological quantum computer elements

Wolfgang Baer, Rita Pizzi

Proceedings Volume 7342, Quantum Information and Computation VII; 734204 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818218
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

An extension to vonNeumann's analysis of quantum theory suggests self-measurement is a fundamental process of Nature. By mapping the quantum computer to the brain architecture we will argue that the cognitive experience results from a measurement of a quantum memory maintained by biological entities. The insight provided by this mapping suggests quantum effects are not restricted to small atomic and nuclear phenomena but are an integral part of our own cognitive experience and further that the architecture of a quantum computer system parallels that of a conscious brain. We will then review the suggestions for biological quantum elements in basic neural structures and address the de-coherence objection by arguing for a self- measurement event model of Nature. We will argue that to first order approximation the universe is composed of isolated self-measurement events which guaranties coherence. Controlled de-coherence is treated as the input/output interactions between quantum elements of a quantum computer and the quantum memory maintained by biological entities cognizant of the quantum calculation results. Lastly we will present stem-cell based neuron experiments conducted by one of us with the aim of demonstrating the occurrence of quantum effects in living neural networks and discuss future research projects intended to reach this objective.

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Wolfgang Baer and Rita Pizzi "The case for biological quantum computer elements", Proc. SPIE 7342, Quantum Information and Computation VII, 734204 (27 April 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818218

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