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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/38877381
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/quantum-6
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Later they go out for a superposition of chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/38877381
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/quantum-6
Alt text
Later they go out for a superposition of chocolate and vanilla ice cream.
Bonus panel
First of all, that’s not yet completely clear - we hardly have a complete accounting of all biological processes. But it is true that the processes we have accounted for so far are classical.
Second of all, quantum non-determinism still influences classical processes, especially chaotic ones where small shifts in initial conditions have a great effect on the long term outcome. See e.g. the weather, which is an entirely classical phenomenon, but where quantum fluctuations create a floor for how far into the future you can predict the weather even with perfect information and infinite computing power.
So quantum non-determinism allows for classical non-determinism.
Besides, you can just rely on a quantum random in everyday decisions, thus being truly random
But yeah, there might be proceses not yet accounted for