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Atheist Ad Infinitum
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My question rests on three points.
-Subatomic particles exist in a quantum state of potential.
-It takes a measuring tool to collapse that potential.
-It is the environment that constantly performs those measurements to fix our reality.
The environment of a gene is the DNA molecule itself, so at it's most fundamental level the living cell acts as it's own quantum measuring device. Could this constant cellular measurement be the true engine of evolution and explain how mutations are not random?
This idea, which makes sense to me, came from a fiction book I'm currently reading. I just wanted to know if this idea makes sense to those who know more about this subject than I. Thanks.
(I didn't know whether to put this in the physics or biology section, so I put it in both.)
-Subatomic particles exist in a quantum state of potential.
-It takes a measuring tool to collapse that potential.
-It is the environment that constantly performs those measurements to fix our reality.
The environment of a gene is the DNA molecule itself, so at it's most fundamental level the living cell acts as it's own quantum measuring device. Could this constant cellular measurement be the true engine of evolution and explain how mutations are not random?
This idea, which makes sense to me, came from a fiction book I'm currently reading. I just wanted to know if this idea makes sense to those who know more about this subject than I. Thanks.
(I didn't know whether to put this in the physics or biology section, so I put it in both.)