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The Superposition Mind : Holding Every Possibility at Once

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Unlock the secrets of the quantum realm as we help change your understanding of technology's future. Imagine a world where time travel, disease cures, and supercharged human brains are not just figments of science fiction, but tangible realities. In this episode, we break down the mysteries of quantum mechanics, focusing on the strange behaviors of subatomic particles that defy classical logic. These particles, such as electrons and photons, hold the key to quantum computing—a revolutionary leap beyond traditional binary systems. Discover how qubits, existing in multiple states at once, are setting the stage for transformative technological advancements.

Join us on a futuristic journey where quantum computing converges with neuroscience and AI to unlock human potential like never before. Envision a supercharged quantum brain capable of simultaneously processing multiple scenarios, offering profound insights into human longevity and performance. As we embrace the quantum principles already woven into nature—and possibly our own minds—we explore the profound implications for our understanding of what it means to be human. 

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What if I told you that the future of tech could actually unlock, time travel, cure diseases and tap into parts of your brain you've never used before, and that this isn't necessarily science fiction? This is right now where we are with quantum physics and where it's leading us where quantum processes might already be happening inside of our brains. In our brains, quantum magic is already possible. We've just yet to tap into it. I like to be educated, but I'm so frustrated. Hello to my loneliness. I guess that endurance is bliss. Take me back to before the noon Rewind. Take it out of queue. Innocence can be a young man's dream. So I promised in the previous episode that I was going to do a few series on quantum physics, quantum computing. I think it's a fascinating topic. I think it is something that we're going to start hearing more and more about, mostly because it feels like it's this science fiction type of concept where you know you got time travel and all these different things, and I love kind of talking about these new technologies, not only to help explain them, but hopefully so that we can understand as a society, as communities, how we can leverage these technologies, how we can have an interest in some of these new technologies and new concepts, mostly because they're already going to be happening. There's already going to be people that are investing in these things. So this is not some weird conspiracy theory type stuff. No, there are actual billions and billions and billions of dollars that are being invested into figuring out some of these problems. So it's only right that, as society, as humans, as communities, that we also are paying attention and also tapping into the potential that some of these new concepts and some of these new theories can bring.

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So what is quantum right? What is quantum? I really want to just lay the foundation here and just break it down as simply as possible. Quantum really equals the most tiny, weird, powerful things that you can think of in our world. It is taking our world and shrinking it down to the tiny, small parts of our entire being. Right, so we're talking about the rules that control particles that are even smaller than atoms. So electrons, photons, things that you can't even see, things you cannot see. That is essentially what quantum is. It is the science behind that small, tiny world that exists between electrons and photons and those other things that we cannot see. And in that world, in that world, normal, normal rules just don't apply in that world, in our world right now, if I walk into a room and I see a light switch, that light switch is either on or off. Right, the lights are on, the lights are off. That's very simple. In our world, in this quantum world, in this very, very small world, it can be both on and off at the same time. So in a quantum world again, this is a world that already exists at a very, very small level In this quantum world again, this is a world that already exists at a very, very small level In this quantum world that light switch can be both on and off at the same time, and it's only on or off when you look at it, when you actually are taking a look at it.

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So, ronnie, I still don't quite understand. So think about if you have, let's say, a marble, and it is just, you know, bouncing around in this little box. I mean constantly. A marble is just bouncing around in this little box and you're trying to figure out at any given point in time, like where is the marble at Right? Oh, it's there on the left side, or it's there at the top. Or it's there on the right side, on the left side, or it's there at the top or it's there on the right side. But if you can imagine again in this quantum world, in the world of electrons and photons, at that very quantum level, that marble is in all the positions all at the same time and you never know exactly where that marble is, where that particle is and how fast it's moving, until you actually can look at it. And at that moment that you're looking at is you're saying, okay, well, it's here right now, technically, but it's at all the positions all the time. It's kind of a very, very weird concept when you think about it. And there's a lot of other things that kind of go along with quantum concepts and we'll get into that into another episode. But I just wanted to just sit on that for a second. In a normal world, light switches on or off. In a quantum world, light switches are both on and off, all at the same time, all at the same time, all at the same time, all at the same time.

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So how does that equate to computers and this concept of classic computers versus quantum computers and things we're going to start hearing about more in the future? Well, in today's society, our computers of today, the phones that we have today, the laptops and the iPads that we use today. All those computers essentially just use what they call bits. So these are just zeros and ones that talk to the computer literally like a light switch, like on and off, on and off. So a computer doesn't understand anything else but these zeros and ones, where zero might be off and one might be on, and a combination of these zeros and ones is what makes up words to the computer and how the computer understands. What do you mean when you click on a button or when you pick up your phone and you're talking to people or you're sending text? At its most basic level, the computer only understands zeros and ones, only understands zeros and ones. A quantum computer again quantum computers they can be both zero and one, or both at the same time, again at a quantum level. Remember, we have the normal world light switches on and off. Quantum world it could be on and off at the same time. Normal computers talk in zeros and ones. Quantum computers talk in zeros and ones, and zeros and ones at the same time.

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Okay, so what does this actually mean? Well, this allows quantum computers to basically solve certain problems exponentially faster than classical computers, and the reason that's the case is because our iPhone, right now, and our laptop and our iPad, whenever it's trying to, let's say, solve a problem, it has to try every single scenario, kind of one at a time. Really, imagine if you were trying to get into a door and you're trying to use a key and a classical computer right now. Yeah, you're trying to use every single one, right? This key doesn't work, this key doesn't work, this key doesn't work and you just keep trying to use every single one when a quantum computer, a quantum computer, can try every key at once, instantly, at the same time. So finding out the key that works for that door, finding out the key that works for that door, can just happen immediately because you tried all the keys at one time. So what problems could this help us solve using quantum computers in the real world? Well, you got medicine and drug discovery, so the ability to simulate molecules and cells, to design drugs for cancer, alzheimer's, all these other diseases, dying drugs for cancer, alzheimer's, all these other diseases. So medicine and drug recovery is one. Climate and energy, chemical reactions to create cleaner energy or carbon capture solutions, those types of things, but here are the big ones in my mind.

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Security. Quantum computers could crack today's encryption systems. So the things that we are using when we send a text I send you a text and you send me one back. Those texts, hopefully, if they're on the right platform, those are encrypted texts. If somebody was to intercept the message that I sent you on my phone, they can get the message, but they can't understand what it says. It's going to be encrypted. Well, quantum computers can crack some of today's encryption systems, so that it's going to be harder, maybe to send secure texts and send secure messages and send secure email to folks all over the place. That can absolutely be cracked using quantum computers. But at the same time, at the same time, maybe these quantum computers can create unbreakable codes using the quantum encryption right. So security is going to be something that's going to be impacted by these new quantum computers.

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But, last but not least, artificial intelligence AI, powered by these quantum computers, could process data in new ways. It could come closer to mimicking the human's brain and flexibility, so it can really accelerate AI and everything that AI is going to be trying to do with robots and so on and so forth. And speaking of kind of mimicking the human's brain, let's take a moment to talk about this for a second. So quantum activity could absolutely already be happening in our brains. Matter of fact, inside of your brain you have brain cells, are tiny tubes that some scientists believe, some believe could actually support quantum processing. So if this is true, if this is true, if these tubes, if these tiny tubes are in our brain, then your brain might already be doing quantum computing for deep problem solving, creativity, some believe even consciousness itself.

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Traditional neuroscience believes that brain activity is electrical circuits and chemicals firing off in our brains. That's what's normally happening in traditional neuroscience in our brains. But with these new quantum theories, our brain actually is something far more advanced than that way, way more advanced than that. It's using these quantum states, that ability to look at all the possibilities at the same time, to process multiple realities at once. That is something that our brains are doing all the time. Multiple realities at once, that is something that our brains are doing all the time. And so, if this is true, if this is true, our minds might be capable of processing reality at much, much deeper levels, at much deeper levels than what we are processing right now.

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There is some proof that all this is possible already, that quantum activity is already in mother nature. It's already existing. Nature is already using these quantum concepts. Birds, for example. Certain birds are using basically magnetic navigation to sense the earth's magnetic field, using quantum entanglement in their eyes, and they're able to kind of navigate using this earth's magnetic field. Plants photosynthesis we all know this. Plants are able to capture sunlight and they can do it with almost near perfect efficiency because light particles explore multiple paths on that plant all at once and it's able to choose the right path that that plant needs from that particular sunlight. That is quantum processes at work. And there's so many other examples of this happening in nature chemical reactions, so on and so forth.

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So the key message here is that if nature has figured out how to use quantum mechanics, why not the human brain? Why not the human brain? The human brain has some of the same materials, some of the same environment that some of these things in nature have. So why can't us, as humans, actually use quantum mechanics to figure this thing out and trust and believe, trust and believe? We have a lot of billionaires, a lot of trillion dollar companies that are exploring these concepts.

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This is not science fiction Again. This is actual work that is happening right now because we've heard we've all heard the myth right is happening right now because we've all heard the myth right, oh, we only use 10% of our brains. But where the truth is, we actually, as humans, we use most of our brain. We do use most of our brain. It's not like, oh, we only use 10% of our brain. The difference is we use most of our brain, but not all at once, not all at once. Right, so we use our brain, but we're using a little bit here for that or we use a little bit over there for that.

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But when we talk about quantum mechanics, quantum physics, quantum foundation, it's not about capacity. When it comes to our brains, it's more about performance. How can our brains perform faster and more efficiently, tapping into all of our processing material and processing potential inside of our brains, if these tubes enable quantum processes, we may have mental capabilities we don't even fully know about yet, we have no access to yet until we are kind of tapping into that. And so what if we could unlock the quantum power in our minds, right? What if we could tap into what might already be there in our brains? I mean, creativity could increase, Our problem solving and thoughts could be supercharged in terms of creativity, intuition, we might have better access to those gut feelings that we all have, because our brains can can analyze multiple realities beneath the obvious. Right. Healing, I mean, if the mind is truly a quantum connected thing, that's connected to the body. I mean we could develop new ways to heal trauma and disease or even aging Enhanced decision making we talk all the time about oh, critical thinking is dead.

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Imagine thinking through multiple futures or scenarios all at once, thinking about all the scenarios all at once before making a decision. That is a supercharged quantum brain. That is happening and again, it's looking like the capabilities are already there. So you know, we're not there yet in terms of figuring all this stuff out. There's a lot of work to be done, but quantum biology is absolutely growing, it is being invested in, it is growing and this intersection of quantum computing, neuroscience and AI, I think is again is going to redefine human potential over the next 50 to 100 years in a lot of different ways, and I think you're going to start seeing people live longer and perform faster and all these things, because we just know more about our brains and how our body works.

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And so, in closing, I believe the future is quantum. The future is quantum. The universe operates on these quantum rules already. Nature is already using it. Our brains might be using it already as well. The technology is actually what's starting to slowly catch up, and so the question isn't whether quantum will change our world, it's really how soon will it change our world? And maybe, just maybe, it could change what we think it means to actually even be human. So the next time you feel a gut instinct or you have a creative spark out of nowhere, we should ask ourselves was that just brain cells, neurons firing off, or our minds tapping into something much deeper, something quantum? The future may not just be faster computers. It may be unlocking the quantum mind within all of us. This is the Scratchwork Podcast, where we don't fear the future. We create it. One thought, one idea, one dream at a time. Thank you.