First Evidence of Entanglement in Photosynthesis

But a new, more robust face of entanglement is beginning to emerge from other types of experiment. For example, physicists have recently found the signature of entanglement in the thermal states of bulk materials at low temperatures. This has huge implications for biological systems: if entanglement is more robust than we thought, what role might it play in living things?

Now we’re beginning to find out. In the first rigorous quantification of entanglement in a biological system, an answer is beginning to emerge. Researchers from various institutions in Berkeley California have shown that molecules taking part in photosynthesis can remain entangled even at ordinary atmospheric temperatures.

Link (via Posthuman Blues)

Clearly the implications for this are incredible.

In the Posthuman Blues article, a question from Ray Kurzweil is quoted, asking:

Does this support the Hameroff/Penrose idea of quantum computation in brain microtubules as a model of consciousness?

If quantum entanglement is happening inside of plants, then what must be happening in our minds?

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Posted by KirkUltra7 on Thursday, June 25th, 2009 at 3:59 pm.