Quantum Evolution
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| - | Is nature subject to eternal laws, or do laws evolve like everything else ? | + | [[Quantum Evolution]] is the attempt to describe space-time |
| - | Can we use in this case the theory of [[Evolution|evolution]] to gain more insight into | + | itself as an evolutionary system. It is a possible candidate |
| - | fundamental processes ? | + | for a [[Theory_of_Everything|theory of everything]]. A real |
| + | theory of everything should explain the emergence of space, | ||
| + | time, and the most fundamental particles in it. Where does | ||
| + | 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 | ||
| + | 14.6 billion years since the universe exists is evolution itself. | ||
| + | Everything else emerged during the course of time, particles, | ||
| + | atoms, inorganic matter and organic life-forms. | ||
| + | Life and its complete history can be generated just by starting | ||
| + | with a simple short self-replicating DNA, and then let it evolve | ||
| + | for 4 billion years.. | ||
| + | If the universe is evolving (in some form of cosmic | ||
| + | evolution), what is the corresponding space-time | ||
| + | code? Is nature subject to eternal laws, or do laws evolve like | ||
| + | everything else ? Can we use in this case the theory of | ||
| + | [[Evolution|evolution]] to gain more insight into | ||
| + | fundamental particles and processes ? If yes, then we | ||
| + | must start at the most fundamental level, at the level | ||
| + | of space-time itself, as a result of the interplay between | ||
| + | expansion (the three spatial dimensions are expanding) | ||
| + | and contraction (the force of gravity). | ||
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| + | A theory of Quantum Evolution | ||
| + | would describe the evolution and [[Emergence|emergence]] | ||
| + | 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 | ||
| - | to tunneling processes through fitness | + | 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 | ||
| - | in the | + | 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 | ||
| - | common characteristics and can interbreed. Is a particle | + | 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) | ||
| - | with each other ? | + | with each other ? Elementary particles can be created and annihilated |
| + | 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). | ||
| + | Species occupy a certain niche, just as fermions occupy a certain | ||
| + | quantum state. | ||
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| + | == Evolution of Time == | ||
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| + | On the most basic level, space and time may evolve together. | ||
| + | Past, present and future may also [[Co-evolution|co-evolve]] together. | ||
| + | Imagine a microscopic world where time is connected to the replication | ||
| + | rate of the universe. What would it be like in a universe | ||
| + | where time flows forward *and* backward, e.g. at the Planck Scale | ||
| + | of Quantum Gravity ? | ||
| + | If positive time is related to the expansion | ||
| + | of the universe, then negative time is perhaps | ||
| + | related to contraction and gravitation (this | ||
| + | would be the case, if time is connected to the | ||
| + | replication rate of an evolutionary universe, | ||
| + | and lightspeed is a somehow a measure how fast the | ||
| + | universe replicates itself --- the inflationary | ||
| + | universe would be a universe where each point replicates | ||
| + | itself without being balanced by gravitation). | ||
| + | So there are regions in this universe where time | ||
| + | runs backwards (the universe shrinks), and other regions where time | ||
| + | runs forwards (the universe expands). | ||
| + | Regions in the universe where time runs backwards | ||
| + | (or at least not forward) are perhaps Black Holes - | ||
| + | can information spread at all if gravity is stronger | ||
| + | than the speed of light ? | ||
| + | What does negative time or time travel mean ? | ||
| + | Time traveling is only possible if the present already contains | ||
| + | the effects of time traveling although you might not be | ||
| + | aware of them i.e. if the present is not | ||
| + | possible without the time travels which have | ||
| + | already happened. Of course this is not possible | ||
| + | on the macroscopic scale of the world we know, | ||
| + | but maybe on a much smaller microscopic scale. | ||
| + | If time travel is possible, then | ||
| + | deadlock situations can appear where the present | ||
| + | is not possible without the past, but the past | ||
| + | is not possible without the present, either. | ||
| + | Thus both must co-evolve together, somehow. Maybe | ||
| + | through a replication or evolution of | ||
| + | elementary space-time structures. | ||
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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
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| - | ! bgcolor="# | + | ! bgcolor="#77bb99" width="25%" align="left" | |
| - | ! bgcolor="#70b0e0" width="25%" align="left" | Quantum Theory | + | ! bgcolor="#70b0e0" width="25%" align="left" | Quantum (Field) Theory |
! bgcolor="#eedd90" width="25%" align="left" | Theory of Evolution | ! bgcolor="#eedd90" width="25%" align="left" | Theory of Evolution | ||
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* elements | * elements | ||
| - | * most | + | * creation |
| - | * | + | * destruction |
| - | * | + | * connection |
| - | * | + | * interaction |
| + | * network | ||
| + | * most elementary | ||
| + | * state space | ||
| + | * force carrier | ||
| + | * matter carrier | ||
| bgcolor="#80c0ff" valign="top" | | | bgcolor="#80c0ff" valign="top" | | ||
| - | * | + | * particles |
| + | * creation of particles | ||
| + | * annihilation of particles | ||
| + | * vertex | ||
| + | * to interact (exchange bosons) | ||
| + | * Feynman diagram | ||
* neutrino | * neutrino | ||
* quantum state | * quantum state | ||
| - | * boson | + | * boson |
| - | * | + | * fermion |
| bgcolor="#ffeea0" valign="top" | | | bgcolor="#ffeea0" valign="top" | | ||
* species | * species | ||
| + | * speciation, emergence of species | ||
| + | * extinction, vanishing of species | ||
| + | * sex | ||
| + | * to interbreed (exchange stem cells) | ||
| + | * phylogenetic tree | ||
* algae/bacteria | * algae/bacteria | ||
* ecological niche | * ecological niche | ||
| - | * | + | * stem cells? Autotrophs/Producers/Plants? |
| - | * | + | * consuming organism? Heterotrophs/Consumers/Predators? |
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according to Noether's theorem, see | according to Noether's theorem, see | ||
| - | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether' | + | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether's_theorem |
[4] | [4] | ||
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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 | ||
| + | * 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]] | ||
