Hello Friends,
Dr. Richard Feynman, Physics Nobel Laureate and father of the quantum computing industry, suggested that Nature needs to be imitated using a computer to replicate Nature's quantum mechanical processes. Simulation of complex molecules - to understand why they operate a certain way and how they can be effectively modified - has subsequently, become one stated goal of such computation. But that by itself misses the point. It is not solely about mimicking or replicating how nature operates. It is about perceiving the quantum properties by which nature operates, and then leveraging these to create anew.
I have proposed the atom as the most successful of quantum computers continually computing pre-genetic code into existence. Because it is a stable, ubiquitous, accessible instance of a quantum computer, focus on it allows significant insight into the quantum realm.
Further, scalable versions of atoms culminating in the far more complex living cell, can be thought of as an even more sophisticated quantum computer that computes at the level of genetic code. Needless to say focus on the cell, more accessible and generally vastly studied, with some revision in focus will give insight into a vaster range of quantum properties, while also allowing us to see without a doubt the power of quantum computation made evident in the complex genetic code that runs cells.
In this Newsletter i draw attention to some published materials that suggest quantum properties and further elaborate the power of quantum computation.
Best Wishes,
Pravir
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