Quantum Evolution

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Is nature subject to eternal laws, or do laws evolve like everything else ?
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[[Quantum Evolution]] is the attempt to describe space-time
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Can we use in this case the theory of [[Evolution|evolution]] to gain more insight into  
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itself as an evolutionary system. It is a possible candidate
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fundamental processes ?
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for a [[Theory_of_Everything|theory of everything]]. A real
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theory of everything should explain the emergence of space,
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time, and the most fundamental particles in it. Where does
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space-time come from in the first place?
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We know that the only thing that has not changed in the last
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14.6 billion years since the universe exists is evolution itself.
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Everything else emerged during the course of time, particles,
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atoms, inorganic matter and organic life-forms.
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Life and its complete history can be generated just by starting
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with a simple short self-replicating DNA, and then let it evolve
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for 4 billion years..
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If the universe is evolving (in some form of cosmic
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evolution), what is the corresponding space-time
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code? Is nature subject to eternal laws, or do laws evolve like  
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everything else ? Can we use in this case the theory of  
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[[Evolution|evolution]] to gain more insight into  
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fundamental particles and processes ? If yes, then we
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must start at the most fundamental level, at the level
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of space-time itself, as a result of the interplay between
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expansion (the three spatial dimensions are expanding)
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and contraction (the force of gravity).
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A theory of Quantum Evolution
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would describe the evolution and [[Emergence|emergence]]
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of space-time.
== Are Laws immutable ? ==
== Are Laws immutable ? ==
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the borrowing of energy and the uncertainty principle, or the energy
the borrowing of energy and the uncertainty principle, or the energy
band levels and gaps known from semiconductors. The former correspond
band levels and gaps known from semiconductors. The former correspond
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to tunneling processes through fitness barries due to borrowing of
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to tunneling processes through fitness barriers due to borrowing of
complexity, the latter correspond to certain band levels in complex
complexity, the latter correspond to certain band levels in complex
evolutionary systems.
evolutionary systems.
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It is possible, that all particles emerge as whirls or disturbance
It is possible, that all particles emerge as whirls or disturbance
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in the spacetime foam due to constant interaction of expansion
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in the space-time foam due to constant interaction of expansion
(visible in extreme, pure form during inflation) and gravitation
(visible in extreme, pure form during inflation) and gravitation
(visible in extreme, pure form in black holes) ? Usually "[[Emergence|emergence]]"
(visible in extreme, pure form in black holes) ? Usually "[[Emergence|emergence]]"
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3) A biological species is composed of related organisms that share
3) A biological species is composed of related organisms that share
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common characteristics and can interbreed. Is a particle tpye
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common characteristics and can interbreed. Is a particle type
(or "species") similarly composed of related particle that share
(or "species") similarly composed of related particle that share
common characteristics and can interact (instead of interbreed)
common characteristics and can interact (instead of interbreed)
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with each other ?
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with each other ? Elementary particles can be created and annihilated
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like species.
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(the species correspond to the particles, and the ecological
(the species correspond to the particles, and the ecological
landscape to the quantum state).
landscape to the quantum state).
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Species occupy a certain niche, just as fermions occupy a certain
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quantum state.
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== Evolution of Time ==
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On the most basic level, space and time may evolve together.
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Past, present and future may also [[Co-evolution|co-evolve]] together.
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Imagine a microscopic world where time is connected to the replication
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rate of the universe. What would it be like in a universe
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where time flows forward *and* backward, e.g. at the Planck Scale
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of Quantum Gravity ?
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If positive time is related to the expansion
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of the universe, then negative time is perhaps
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related to contraction and gravitation (this
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would be the case, if time is connected to the
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replication rate of an evolutionary universe,
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and lightspeed is a somehow a measure how fast the
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universe replicates itself --- the inflationary
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universe would be a universe where each point replicates
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itself without being balanced by gravitation).
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So there are regions in this universe where time
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runs backwards (the universe shrinks), and other regions where time
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runs forwards (the universe expands).
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Regions in the universe where time runs backwards
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(or at least not forward) are perhaps Black Holes -
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can information spread at all if gravity is stronger
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than the speed of light ?
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What does negative time or time travel mean ?
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Time traveling is only possible if the present already contains
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the effects of time traveling although you might not be
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aware of them i.e. if the present is not
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possible without the time travels which have
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already happened. Of course this is not possible
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on the macroscopic scale of the world we know,
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but maybe on a much smaller microscopic scale.
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If time travel is possible, then
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deadlock situations can appear where the present
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is not possible without the past, but the past
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is not possible without the present, either.
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Thus both must co-evolve together, somehow. Maybe
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through a replication or evolution of
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elementary space-time structures.
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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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* elements
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* creation
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* destruction
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* connection
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* interaction
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* network
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* most elementary
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* state space
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* force carrier
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* matter carrier
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* particle
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* particles
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* creation of particles
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* annihilation of particles
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* vertex
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* to interact (exchange bosons)
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* Feynman diagram
* neutrino
* neutrino
* quantum state
* quantum state
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* boson/fermion
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* boson
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* to interact
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* fermion
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* species
* species
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* speciation, emergence of species
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* extinction, vanishing of species
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* sex
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* to interbreed (exchange stem cells)
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* phylogenetic tree
* algae/bacteria
* algae/bacteria
* ecological niche
* ecological niche
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* regeneration/reproduction
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* stem cells? Autotrophs/Producers/Plants?
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* to interbreed
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* consuming organism? Heterotrophs/Consumers/Predators?
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according to Noether's theorem, see
according to Noether's theorem, see
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether's_{theorem}
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether's_theorem
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Jochen Fromm
Jochen Fromm
Kassel University Press, 2004
Kassel University Press, 2004
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== Links ==
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* Eric J. Chaisson, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/75627964/Eric-J-Chaisson-Complexity-An-Energetics-Agenda Complexity: An Energetics Agenda], Complexity Vol.9 No.3 (2004) 14-21
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* Addy Pross, [http://www.jsystchem.com/content/2/1/1 Toward a general theory of evolution: Extending Darwinian theory to inanimate matter], Journal of Systems Chemistry (2011) Vol. 2
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[[Category:Evolutionary Systems]]

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