Quantum Biology?

by | May 7, 2018 | ID Topic, Intelligent Design

Quantum Biology?

I came across a YouTube video about quantum biology and was compelled to watch it.  I thought biology was all about chemistry until I saw the video Steve Meyer showed at his Signature in the Cell book release party that clearly showed a functioning process using machinery.  Being a designer of processes and machines, I was aware of the enormous complexity required to achieve the functionality that exists in life.  So could quantum field theory explain how natural causes can do intelligent work; the missing “vital dust” needed to create beginning life?  I’d better check it out.

The early thinking about quantum physics regarding life was that quantum effects are normally lost in the “macro noise” at “life” temperatures and configuration, so none probably existed. However, there have been a few mysteries that might be explained by quantum phenomena.  One example is that quantum effects may have something to do with electron transfer in photosynthesis which is much more efficient than thought possible1.  Another is called “visual phototransduction”, the converting light to an action potential.2 And another is quantum tunneling in enzymes.3 There is no hint regarding how quantum field physics can create intelligence or to perform intelligent work.

This is not surprising.  If there was a way to make life less complicated, it would be less complicated.   It appears quantum effects may be used in life like we use quantum effects in electronics – time and research will tell.  But no conclusions described in this web site are diminished, namely: natural causes cannot achieve all possible outcomes, life is a process that requires machinery, and machines require logical processing capability.

It seems that life might be a good place to learn more about quantum theory where discoveries of its implementation are found.  I seriously doubt that man would have invented neural networks without its discovery in life.

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Paper: On The Limits Of Natural Causes

by | Apr 2, 2018 | Intelligent Design

Paper: On The Limits Of Natural Causes

The concepts underlying the Intelligent Design section of this site are contained in this paper entitled “On the Limits of Natural Causes” in a published paper format.

Here is the abstract:

Abstract

 The debate surrounding the origins of first life focus on disproving the materialist doctrine that all that exists can be explained by matter, energy, space, time and the laws of physics and that there is a chemical pathway to first life. The Intelligent Design (ID) argument is that life is very complex, requiring high degrees of specified information, design, with vast coherence, making the probability of natural causes finding a viable life solution orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe.

This paper posits another, more powerful ID argument based on three premises: 1) that outcomes of natural processes, defined as processes that follow the laws of physics with no intelligence involved, are limited due to logical constraints, 2) life is an intelligent process which requires machinery to function , and 3) machines require embedded intelligent functionality which is beyond the reach of natural causes.

The rationale behind these premises is explained in this paper, and a simple means of falsifying them posited. The necessity to consider not only the design of life but the actual building, starting and operation of life is invoked by the arguments presented here. The research for this paper lead to findings that have significance:

  1. They show that there is intelligence embedded in life meaning that life itself is not just science, it is science plus logic (intelligence) which is in the realm of philosophy,
  2. They move the ID argument natural causes created life from being insanely improbable to impossible,
  3. They provide the basis for definitive, coherent definitions of life, science, engineering and philosophy,
  4. They provide methods to falsify the idea that there is a chemical pathway to first life, and that natural causes can create machines.

 

Link to this paper.

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