A Simple Communication Hypothesis:
The Process of Evolution Reconsidered
Erkki J. Brändas
Consciousness is a transparent brain representation of the
world from a privileged egocentric perspective.
Arnold Trehub
Abstract The scientific basis of Darwinian evolution is reconsidered from the
recent progress in chemistry and physics. The idea, promoting a stochastic communication hypothesis, reflects Kant’s famed insight that ‘space and time are the
two essential forms of human sensibility’, translated to modern practices of
quantum science. The formulation is commensurate with pioneering quantum
mechanics, yet extended to take account of dissipative dynamics of open systems
incorporating some fundamental features of special and general relativity. In particular we apply the idea to a class of Correlated Dissipative Structures, CDS, in
biology, construed to sanction fundamental processes in biological systems at finite
temperatures, ordering precise space-time scales of free energy configurations
subject to the Correlated Dissipative Ensemble, CDE. The modern scientific
approach is appraised and extended incorporating both the material- as well as the
immaterial parts of the Universe with significant inferences regarding processes
governed by an evolved program. The latter suggests a new understanding of the
controversy of molecular versus evolutionary biology. It is demonstrated by
numerous examples that such an all-inclusive description of Nature, including the
law of self-reference, widens the notion of evolution from the micro to the cosmic
rank of our Universe.
Keywords Density matrix ⋅ Space-time ⋅ Stochastic communication
Evolution ⋅ Correlated dissipative structure ⋅ CDS ⋅ Correlated dissipative
ensemble ⋅ CDE
Dedicated to Arnold Trehub for his great visions and intuitions displayed in his Retinoid Model
of vision.
E. J. Brändas ( ✉ )
Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
e-mail: erkki.brandas@gmail.com
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Y. A. Wang et al. (eds.), Concepts, Methods and Applications of Quantum Systems
in Chemistry and Physics, Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 31,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74582-4_20
381
The Process of Evolution Reconsidered
Erkki J. Brändas
Consciousness is a transparent brain representation of the
world from a privileged egocentric perspective.
Arnold Trehub
Abstract The scientific basis of Darwinian evolution is reconsidered from the
recent progress in chemistry and physics. The idea, promoting a stochastic communication hypothesis, reflects Kant’s famed insight that ‘space and time are the
two essential forms of human sensibility’, translated to modern practices of
quantum science. The formulation is commensurate with pioneering quantum
mechanics, yet extended to take account of dissipative dynamics of open systems
incorporating some fundamental features of special and general relativity. In particular we apply the idea to a class of Correlated Dissipative Structures, CDS, in
biology, construed to sanction fundamental processes in biological systems at finite
temperatures, ordering precise space-time scales of free energy configurations
subject to the Correlated Dissipative Ensemble, CDE. The modern scientific
approach is appraised and extended incorporating both the material- as well as the
immaterial parts of the Universe with significant inferences regarding processes
governed by an evolved program. The latter suggests a new understanding of the
controversy of molecular versus evolutionary biology. It is demonstrated by
numerous examples that such an all-inclusive description of Nature, including the
law of self-reference, widens the notion of evolution from the micro to the cosmic
rank of our Universe.
Keywords Density matrix ⋅ Space-time ⋅ Stochastic communication
Evolution ⋅ Correlated dissipative structure ⋅ CDS ⋅ Correlated dissipative
ensemble ⋅ CDE
Dedicated to Arnold Trehub for his great visions and intuitions displayed in his Retinoid Model
of vision.
E. J. Brändas ( ✉ )
Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
e-mail: erkki.brandas@gmail.com
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Y. A. Wang et al. (eds.), Concepts, Methods and Applications of Quantum Systems
in Chemistry and Physics, Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics 31,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74582-4_20
381