Does quantum theory apply to us as human being since we made outta atoms? And in what way on a daily basis?

Question

Might sound like a daft question, just find it intresting, dnt know much about it

Jordy you nobber.

Answer 1

I've read a few books about it a while ago, there's basically three systems of physics.

Einstien with Relativity which is used when working with the very large...space, gravity, light, black holes

Newtons laws, which deal in the normal world, cannons firing, apples falling, etc.

And quatum physics which deal in the very small, what happens if a single photon hits a quark, shrodengers cat experiments(probabbility functions), and really neat things like photon interference patterns

In short, most of your life is goverened and undertsood through the newtonian set of laws, the other two sets are well outside your average day to day experiences.

Not to say the other two aren't working in and around your body right now, a few billion photons degraded into an electron and positron(antimatter) right this instant and then touch eachother and return to a photon, ...but you never notice...

Answer 2

Only in theory. In practice, we can dismiss the idea of human beings being in any quantum superposition, because it's extraordinarly difficult to ever prepare anything "large" in such a state. It takes almost nothing at all to "break" the coherence of something as large as a human being in a quantum state. So, forget about trying to walk through walls, which you should be able to do if you were really in a quantum state.

Answer 3

There are scientists, such as Roger Penrose and Stuart Hameroff, who propose that quantum effects may be relevant in the brain in certain very tiny structures in neurons called 'microtubules'.

So quantum theory may be affecting your very thoughts.

This is a pretty esoteric, and many people believe, speculative theory. But it is *really* interesting.

Answer 4

Of course, but only at the quantum level. What this means on the human scale I don't know, are there any quantum mechanics in the house?

Answer 5

It certainly does, for example, the only thing stopping us from turning into a bowl of jelly is that it is not very likely. Or something like that.

Answer 6

your right it does sound like a daft question.