Computation in biological systems as a quantum mechanical simulation

Ron Cottam; Roger Vounckx

doi:10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104635

Computation in biological systems as a quantum mechanical simulation

Biosystems. 2022 Apr:214:104635. doi: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104635. Epub 2022 Feb 5.

Authors

Ron Cottam¹, Roger Vounckx²

Affiliations

¹ The Living Systems Project, Dept. of Electronics and Informatics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium. Electronic address: ricottam@etrovub.be.
² The Living Systems Project, Dept. of Electronics and Informatics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium.

PMID: 35134332
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104635

Abstract

Our initial premise is that computation as we know it is formally derived from our bodies' internal processing, via our neural processors. Going backwards in time, our bodies' internal processing is in turn derived from wider Nature's own style of processing, which in turn is a rendition of the Universe's processing following the Big Bang. Computation is described as consisting of two intimately connected parts: comparative processing and conclusive processing. Our examination of post-Big Bang processing, biological processing, neural processing and human thinking supports our initial premise and the conclusion that computation is the motor for evolutionary emergence across the entire timescale of the Universe.

Keywords: Classical mechanics; Computation; Evolution; Quantum mechanical simulation; Quantum mechanics.

MeSH terms

Biological Evolution*
Computer Simulation
Humans