Scientists initially believed quantum effects might explain biological efficiency, particularly in photosynthesis, but Princeton chemist Gregory Scholes now argues that life doesn't actually use quantum mechanics—instead, classical biological networks produce mathematical patterns that mimic quantum behavior without being truly quantum.
Scientists initially believed quantum effects might explain biological phenomena like photosynthesis, but researcher Gregory Scholes now argues that organisms don't exploit genuine quantum mechanics; instead, complex classical networks can produce mathematically similar "quantumlike" behavior through evolution.