{"id":190708,"date":"2024-06-06T12:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/this-bold-new-theory-of-quantum-weirdness-could-rewrite-the-story-of-evolution"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:23:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:23:08","slug":"this-bold-new-theory-of-quantum-weirdness-could-rewrite-the-story-of-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/this-bold-new-theory-of-quantum-weirdness-could-rewrite-the-story-of-evolution","title":{"rendered":"This bold new theory of \u2018quantum weirdness\u2019 could rewrite the story of evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/this-bold-new-theory-of-quantum-weirdness-could-rewrite-the-story-of-evolution2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 living systems evolve to exploit any aspect of physics that enables exploration of all possible \u2018fitness landscapes\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>In 1990, within the intellectual haven of Haverford College, I embarked on a transformative academic journey into biophysics \u2013 the captivating intersection of physics and biology.<\/p>\n<p>It was during this time that I delved into the tantalising notion of quantum mechanics operating within living organisms.<\/p>\n<p>Unbeknownst to me, this exploration would etch an enduring imprint on my scientific voyage, kindling a lifelong fascination with biophysics. Ultimately, I charted my research course in quantum cosmology, but the echoes of biophysics persisted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c\u2026 living systems evolve to exploit any aspect of physics that enables exploration of all possible \u2018fitness landscapes\u2019.\u201d Indeed! In 1990, within the intellectual haven of Haverford College, I embarked on a transformative academic journey into biophysics \u2013 the captivating intersection of physics and biology. It was during this time that I delved into the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,33,385,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-cosmology","category-evolution","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}