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Biological homing: hypothesis for a quantum effect that leads to the existence of life.
Medical Hypotheses 1998 December
In biological systems, complex molecules interact with specificity and rapidity. The hypothesis is advanced that there are complementary sites on the surfaces of pairs of biological molecules with an enhanced attraction due to quantum mechanics. I postulate that a biological homing effect arises from the quantum mechanical probability that complementary pairs of molecules will join, and that this phenomenon is the force that drives biology and gives rise to the existence of life. To illustrate the approach, a simplified calculation is given for the interaction cross-section between two molecules, each with N surface charges that have an identical spatial distribution but with paired charges having opposite signs. The resulting cross-section is enhanced by a factor of N2 over the coulomb-scattering cross-section for a single pair of charges. We hypothesize that the existence of life is a direct and inevitable consequence of the principles presented here.
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