The quantum in quantum thermodynamics

[California98Civic]

"Spooky action at a distance" in an engine:

"the three main engine types (two-stroke, four-stroke, and continuous) are thermodynamically equivalent. This means that, despite operating in different ways, all three types of engines exhibit all of the same thermodynamic properties, including generating the same amounts of power and heat, and doing so at the same efficiency. This new "thermodynamical equivalence principle" is purely quantum, as it depends on quantum effects, and does not occur at the classical level."

https://m.phys.org/news/2015-10-quan...odynamics.html

[freebeard]

https://phys.org/tags/quantum+coherence/

Originally Posted by phys.org

While the current work deals with single-particle engines, the researchers expect that quantum effects may also emerge in multi-particle engines, where quantum entanglement between particles may play a role similar to that of coherence.

Maybe I'm missing something, I'm listening to Joe Rogan and Graham Hancock simultaneously. The effect dissipates with scale then reemerges at macro-scale?

edit:
From the page above: Spotting nature's own evolution of quantum tricks could transform quantum technology
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-nature...echnology.html

Dr. Knee added: "The possibilities are tantalising: if our proposed test were carried out in a biological system, and returned a positive result, we might be able to learn quantum engineering design principles from nature. We could then try to....

So this one is speculative as well, but it speaks to the theory that cognition takes place via quantum effects within the tubercules within brain cells.

Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' inside brain neurons supports controversial theory of consciousness
https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0116085105.htm

So that's how consciousness can escape the bag of meat. Thpooky.

[California98Civic]

Originally Posted by freebeard

... So that's how consciousness can escape the bag of meat. Thpooky.

Lol. Spooky action at a distance could definitely give Scooby a plotline: "The Quantum Caper."

A little abductive logic is part of all disciplined inquiry. I submit: "The abductive process can be creative, intuitive, even revolutionary.2 Einstein's work, for example, was not just inductive and deductive, but involved a creative leap of imagination and visualization that scarcely seemed warranted by the mere observation of moving trains and falling elevators."
Deductive, Inductive and Abductive Reasoning - TIP Sheet - Butte College

And, yes, "abductive" sounds like a pun termnuseful for another Scooby episode title.

[freebeard]

Einstein, Tesla and Jobs.


https://youtu.be/cROmpTtp0_E