Re: Quantum Physics, Measurements and Robert's Functional Dynamics Concept

[Ionel <***>]

Hi, Judith:

Not only I read Robert's papers on Quantum Genetics carefully but also
wrote an essay on that subject back in 1968.

The fact is that Robert's paper on Quantum Genetics is quite substantial in
both length and content, and it is in essence based--to a great extent--on
von Neumann's formalization of Quantum Mechanics. Wish I did have
the BMB volume were he published the two papers on the subject to point out
specifically to you all of that. That he may have changed his ideas later
it's conceivable but I am not at all certain of it. His conclusions
were, however, in disagreement with the central dogma of molecular biology,
and it is quite likely that how he began the modeling with Metabolic-Repair-
Replication Systems. It is a pretty good guess as he cites in his first MR's
the Quantum Genetics papers he wrote and links to his conclusions mentioned
above
The subject is far too important to 'drop the ball' on this one, and the
facts speak for themselves.

Best Regards,
Ionel




On Fri, 28 May 2004 22:32:05 -0400, Judith Rosen
<***> wrote:

>> Ionel wrote:
>> This may, thus suggest that complexity, even in Robert's sense, does
>> originate at the quantum, microscopic level in biological organisms, as
he
>> was pondering on this question back in 1956, in his Quantum Genetics
>> article published in BMB.
>>
>
>I don't think so, Ionel. The results of his "pondering" didn't leave him
>with any illusions that Quantum Theory would be useful in his quest.
>
>My father initially had hopes that Quantum thoery might herald fundamental
>changes for physics, but, after some intensive analysis of what was being
>developed, he came away disappointed. He said, very much as Tim pointed out
>in his post, that Quantum theory kept the original premises that were
>already at the root of physics and merely added to them, changing only the
>outer edges. The state-based reality as depicted in Quantum theory, he
said,
>is not going to explain "life" as a property of living systems. Since
>finding the scientific explanation for "life" was the initial/continual
>driving force behind everything he achieved during his career, and remained
>his main focus and his passion; once he realized Quantum theory would not
>advance his purpose any further, he walked away. Whatever else the tool,
>represented by Quantum theory, was good for scientifically, it was as
>useless to him as gardening paraphernalia in a leaky boat.
>
>Judith